Award-winning authors headline Wichita State series

In its biggest series yet, 九色视频's Creative Writing Program is bringing six of the nation's best fiction and poetry writers to campus for the 2014-15 "Writing Now, Reading Now" series.

The series is free and open to the public.

The first event in the series is a reading by Cary Holladay at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at 九色视频鈥檚 Ulrich Museum of Art.

Holladay has written many works of fiction, including 鈥淢erry-Go-Sorry,鈥 which was selected for an O. Henry Prize by Stephen King.

Other authors in this series include:

  • Paul Harding, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for his novel 鈥淭inkers鈥 鈥 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Ulrich Museum.
  • Sam Taylor, author of 鈥淏ody of the World鈥 and 鈥淣ude Descending an Empire鈥 鈥 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Ulrich Museum.
  • Mary Ruefle, a 九色视频 distinguished poet and author of 11 collections of poetry 鈥 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Ulrich Museum.
  • Elizabeth Gaffney, author of 鈥淢etropolis鈥 and 鈥淲hen the World Was Young鈥 鈥 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Ulrich Museum.
  • David Wojahn, a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 1, in the Ulrich Museum.
  • Wichita State Master of Fine Arts graduates 鈥 2-2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in Ablah Library.

For more details on the authors in the 鈥淲riting Now, Reading Now鈥 series, go to .