New York Times best-selling author George Saunders will read from his work and signs books at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Drinko Hall at ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ.

Presented by the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing consortium (NEOMFA – which includes ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ, Kent State University, the University of Akron and Youngstown State University), the event is free and open to the public.

Saunders, a MacArthur Fellow who teaches creative writing at Syracuse University, has written four collections of short stories, including 2013’s widely acclaimed Tenth of December. He also has penned a novella, a children’s book and pieces for The New Yorker and other magazines.

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