Wednesday, April 6, 2011

TODAY and Tomorrow! Monica You @ USF Emerging Writers Festival

Emerging Writers Festival


WHEN: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 06, 2011 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

WHERE: MARASCHI ROOM, FROMM HALL

DESCRIPTION:

On April 6 and 7th, the University of San Francisco English Department will present the annual Emerging Writers Festival, a showcase of up-and-coming authors currently establishing themselves in the literary scene. The two-day festival will feature readings by Ashley Butler, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bradley Paul, Josh Weil and Monica Youn, reading from their most recent publications of fiction, poetry and essay.

Readings will begin promptly at 7:30 in the Maraschi Room of Fromm Hall on the University of San Francisco campus and will be free and open to the public. A panel discussion with all five writers will also be held on Thursday, April 7th from 12 to 2 pm, in McLaren 250. All events are sponsored by the USF English Department. Refreshments will be served.