CORVALLIS, Ore. - Authors Tracy Daugherty and Wayne Harrison will read from their works on Friday, Jan. 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

The reading will be held in the Valley Library rotunda, 201 S.W. Waldo Place, Corvallis. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Daugherty is the author of four novels, four short story collections, a book of personal essays and two literary biographies. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, McSweeney's, The Georgia Review and other magazines. "Hiding Man," his biography of Donald Barthelme, was a New York Times and New Yorker notable Book of the Year. His newest book, "Just One Catch," a biography of Joseph Heller was excerpted in Vanity Fair. Daugherty helped found the Master's of Fine Arts program in creative writing at OSU.

Harrison received a master in fine arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is an instructor in the School of Writing Literature and Film at OSU. His debut novel, "The Spark and The Drive," was published in 2014. Harrison's fiction has appeared in "Best American Short Stories 2010," The Atlantic, Narrative Magazine, McSweeney's and other magazines. His work also has been featured on NPR's "All Things Considered." His short story collection, "Wrench," was a finalist for the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award, the Spokane Prize and the Iowa Short Fiction Award. 

The reading is part of the 2014-15 Literary Northwest Series, sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film. The series brings Pacific Northwest writers to OSU and is made possible by support from the OSU Libraries and Press, the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele and Grass Roots Books and Music.

Source: 

Karen Holmberg, [email protected]

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