The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will continue its 2016-2017 Writers in Camden series on Wednesday, October 26th, with readings by Jonathan Raymond and Idra Novey.  

Jon Raymond is the author of the novels Rain Dragon and The Half-Life, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2004, and the short-story collection Livability, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and winner of the Oregon Book Award. He is also the screenwriter of the film Meek’s Cutoff and cowriter of the films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy, both based on his short fiction, and the film Night Moves. He also cowrotethe HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, winner of five Emmy Awards. Raymond’s writing has appeared in Tin House, the Village Voice, Bookforum, Artforum, and other publications. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Idra Novey is the author of the debut novel Ways to Disappear, New York Times Editors’ Choice. Born in western Pennsylvania, she has since lived in Chile, Brazil, and New York. Her poetry collection Exit, Civilian was selected for the 2011 National Poetry Series. Her fiction and poetry have been translated into eight languages and she’s written for The New York Times, NPR’s All Things Considered, and The Paris Review. She’s also translated the work of several prominent Brazilian writers, most recently Clarice Lispector’s novel The Passion According to G.H. 

The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Penn 401, which can be found on the side of the Paul Robeson Library.  This event is free and open to the public; registration is required. 

The Writers in Camden series is sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and the National Endowment for the Arts.