TWO FICTION WRITERS TO BE FEATURED AT HCCS HOPTOWN READING SERIES ON THURSDAY

Hopkinsville Community Colleges Hoptown Reading Series will present its last reading of the spring semester at7 p.m., Thursday, April 14 at the campus Library. Fiction writers Dale Ray Phillips and Lynn Pruett will be featured reading from a selection of their works.

Dale Ray Phillips is the author of the book My Peoples' Waltz, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His short stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best Stories from the South, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, GQ, Zoetrope, and literary quarterlies. He holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and has taught at a variety of universities, most recently at Murray State University.

Lynn Pruett is the author of the novel Ruby River and a soon-to-be-announced novel tentatively titled Diamond State. She also recently contributed to the anthologies When the Bough Breaks and An Angle of Vision. Pruetts work has appeared in Louisville Review, Arts amp; Letters, American Voice, Southern Exposure, and Black Warrior Review. She currently teaches fiction writing at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will follow the reading.

For more information about the Hoptown Reading Series, contact Brett Ralph at (270) 707-3890 or brett.ralph@kctcs.edu.