A writer whose essays, fiction and non-fiction have earned critical acclaim presents two public programs Monday [March 5] at Mississippi State University.
Michael Martone, professor of creative writing at the University of Alabama, will discuss the craft of fiction in a 4 p.m. presentation in 407 Lee Hall. At 8 p.m., he will read from his works at a session in the Simrall Hall auditorium.
The MSU English department is sponsoring both events.
"Flatness and Other Landscapes," a book of essays, earned Martone the 1999 Associated Writing Programs creative nonfiction prize. He also has been honored with the Bruno Arcudi Literature Prize, Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and a number of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in fiction.
"A Place of Sense: Essays in Search of the Midwest," "Townships," "Safety Patrol," "Seeing Eye," and "Fort Wayne is Seventh on Hitler's List" are among his other publications.
A graduate of Indiana and Johns Hopkins universities, Martone has taught at Alabama since 1998. He previously was a faculty member at Syracuse University and Warren Wilson College. At Harvard University, he was Briggs-Copeland Assistant Professor of Fiction.
For more information about Martone's Starkville visit, telephone (662) 325-3644.
