OXFORD, Miss. — Award-winning authors Barry Hannah and
Gary Short are to read some of their best poetry and
fiction at the University of Mississippi Thursday (Nov.
8).
The faculty reading, sponsored by the Department of
English, begins at 7 p.m. in Bryant Hall Gallery. Admission
is free and open to the public.
Founder of the university’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative
Writing, Hannah has written 12 books, including the
collections “High Lonesome” and “Airships.” The latter is
regarded as an American classic. He has been honored by the
American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was nominated for
the American Book Award for “Ray” and the National Book
Award for “Geronimo Rex,” which won the William Faulkner
Prize.
Short is a visiting professor of English and administrator
of the MFA in Creative Writing program at Ole Miss. He was
formerly on the faculty at the University of
Alaska-Fairbanks and at Old Dominion University in
Virginia. He has been a writing fellow at Fine Arts Work
Center in Provincetown and a Stegner Fellow at Stanford
University. Short’s works include the books “Theory of
Twilight,” “Flying Over Sonny Liston” and “10 Moons and 13
Horses.”
“This is my first reading at Ole Miss,” Short said. “It’s
my introduction to the community, and I’m honored to be on
the same bill as Barry Hannah.”
For more information about the UM Department of English,
visit
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english
or call 662-915-7439.