Ļć½¶Ö±²„welcomes newest guest for Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āPulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin will deliver a public reading Thursday [March 30] at Mississippi State.
Free to all, Martinās presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. in Colvard Student Unionās third-floor Fowlkes Auditorium. A public reception and book signing will follow.
Martin also will visit classes and interact with students during his campus visit, which is sponsored by the Ļć½¶Ö±²„Department of Englishās Price Caldwell Visiting Writers Series.
Established through an endowment from widow Alice Carol Caldwell and family, the literary series serves as a memorial to Tutweiler native Price Caldwell (1940-2015), who served for more than 20 years as an associate professor of English at MSU. He also founded and directed the universityās creative writing program, along with serving as president and vice president for the Southern Literary Festival organization.
A native of southeastern Illinois now residing in Columbus, Ohio, Martin is the author of five novels: āLate One Nightā (Dzanc Books, 2016), āBreak the Skinā (Crown Publishing Group, 2011), āRiver of Heavenā (Three Rivers Press, 2009), Ā āThe Bright Foreverā (Broadway Books, 2006), and āQuakertownā (Penguin Group, 2001).
Martin also has penned the memoirs āSuch a Lifeā (University of Nebraska Press, 2012), āFrom Our Houseā (Bison Books, 2009) and āTurning Bonesā (University of Nebraska Press, 2003), as well as the short story collection āThe Least You Need to Knowā (Sarabande Books, 1996).
Along with the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, Martin has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. He currently teaches in the Master of Fine Arts program at Ohio State University, where he received the 2006 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. For more biographical information, visit .
Additional information about Martinās campus visit and lecture may be obtained from Michael Kardos, Ļć½¶Ö±²„associate professor of English and creative writing program co-director, at 662-325-3644 and MKardos@english.msstate.edu.
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