The English Department welcomes Lydia Conklin TODAY from 4:15-5:15 p.m. in the Milligan Room of Slocum Hall. Conklin is the author of Rainbow, Rainbow, a short story collection that celebrates the humor and depth of the queer and trans experience and engages liminal and uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy.
Conklin currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Fiction at Vanderbilt University and previously held the Helen Zell Visiting Professor position in Fiction at the University of Michigan. They are the recipient of a Stegner Fellowship in Fiction at Stanford University, a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, three Pushcart Prizes, a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation, a Creative & Performing Arts Fulbright in Poland, and fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Breadloaf, Hedgebrook, and Millay, among others.
Join Conklin for a reading followed by a Q&A and book signing. This event is free and open to the public.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: English Department – Poets and Writers Series
Contact: Beth Fedoush at eng@owu.edu