Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Steven Millhauser, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12.
In addition, Millhauser will speak on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19.
Both talks — part of The Writing Program’s fall Reading Series — are free and open to the public and take place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on the university’s Danforth Campus. Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
Millhauser is the author of 10 novels and story collections, including Martin Dressler, The Tale of an American Dreamer, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1997. The Illusionist, a 2006 film directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, was based on his short story “Eisenheim the Illusionist.”
Other books include Edwin Mullhouse (1972), In the Penny Arcade (1986), The Barnum Museum (1990) and The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (1998).
Millhauser teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.
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WHO: Fiction writer Steve Millhauser WHAT: Two events WHEN: Reading from his work: 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12; Talk on the craft of fiction: 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 WHERE: Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall COST: Free INFORMATION: (314) 935-7130 SPONSOR: Writing Program in Arts & Sciences |