Novelist and poet Joseph Bathanti will read from his works on Tuesday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Culp Center. Bahanti is currently Writer-in-Residence at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and winner of the 2001 Carolina Novel Award for East Liberty, a novel about a young boy growing up with a single mother in Pittsburgh during the fifties.Novelist Michael Parker describes the book as a beautiful stunning feat.

Bahanti is also the author of four books of poetry, an award-winning playwright and a Pushcart Prize nominee for both short fiction and essay.

Individuals interested in more information or special arrangements for persons with disabilities can contact Dr. Don Johnson in the College of Arts and Sciences, 439-5671.

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