In Print V: Ball State's Festival of First Books

When Monday, March 22, 2010
7:30pm to 12:42pm
Where Art and Journalism Building, Ball State University
Room 175
1001 N. McKinley Ave.
What Art speakers, short stories, writing, nonfiction writing, reading, poetry, memoir, fiction writing

IN PRINT V: BALL STATE'S FESTIVAL OF FIRST BOOKS FEATURING NEWLY MINTED AUTHORS MITCHELL DOUGLAS, MARY MILLER, KAO KALIA YANG, & WRITER/EDITOR MATT BELL

Mitchell L. H. Douglas's debut poetry collection, Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem (Red Hen Press, 2009), explores the personal and professional struggles of soul legend Donny Hathaway.

Mary Miller's short story collection, Big World, was published in February 2009 by Short Flight/Long Drive Books.

Kao Kalia Yang's first memoir, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, was published by Coffee House Press in 2009.

Matt Bell Matt Bell is the author of a forthcoming fiction collection, How They Were Found (Keyhole, Fall 2010). He is also the editor of The Collagist and the series editor of Dzanc's Best of the Web anthology series.

*Teachers: excerpts from all three In Print books are available through Bracken's electronic reserve (search under "Christman" or "Visiting Writers Series")