Tower Closes Trias Series
9 November 2012 Tower Closes Trias Series
This semesters Trias Reading Series will draw to a close with a reading by Wells Tower on Thursday, Nov. 15. The short story and non-fiction writer will give a reading of his work at 7:30 p.m. in the Hirshson Ballroom.
Best known for his short story collection Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, Tower is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and has been named by theNew Yorkeras one of the magazines 20 under 40 luminary fiction writers. His work has also been selected to Houghton Mifflins annual anthology Best American Short Stories 2010.
Towers short stories and journalistic pieces have also appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker,Harpers Magazine,McSweeneys,The Paris Review,The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories and TheWashington Post Magazine.
The Trias Residency for Writers is supported by The Peter Trias Endowed Fund for Poetry and Creative Writing that was established through a generous bequest from Peter J. Trias 70.