MIAMI, Fla. (Sept. 26, 2002) --
The formative role of the Florida International University Creative
Writing program in fostering the local literary scene will be
celebrated in a 30th anniversary program event featuring one of
the country’s experts on the mystery genre and a tribute
to the program’s founding faculty member, James W. Hall.
The South Florida School of Literature: An evening of readings
featuring the FIU Creative Writing faculty will be held on Sunday,
Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre (WUC 100) at
FIU-Biscayne Bay, Northeast 151 Street and Biscayne Boulevard.
Admission is free.
The program’s acclaimed faculty members will present brief
readings focusing on a Florida or Miami theme. These include:
Lynne Barrett, John Dufresne, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath,
Les Standiford and Dan Wakefield.
Otto Penzler, founder of The Mysterious Press and owner and proprietor
of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, will be the guest
speaker. He was the publisher of “The Armchair Detective,”
the Edgar Award-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study
of mystery and suspense fiction, for 17 years.
James W. Hall, who has been with the Creative Writing faculty
since 1973 and is well known as a best-selling mystery writer,
will be the evening’s honoree. Hall will be the first recipient
of the FIU Silver Palm Award, presented in recognition of enduring
contributions to the art and cultural life of South Florida.
Hall began his writing career as a poet and published four books
of poems. He also published short fiction in The Georgia Review
and Kenyon Review. Hall wrote his first crime thriller,
Under Cover of Daylight, in 1986, and he's gone on to
publish ten more in the years since, including Blackwater
Sound, Rough Draft, Body Language, Red
Sky at Night, Buzz Cut, Gone Wild, Bones
of Coral and Tropical Freeze.
A reception will follow the event, as will book sales and signings
by participating authors.
For more information, call 305-919-5857.
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