PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Department of English will conclude the autumn’s Visiting Writer Series on Nov. 12 with author and WSU alumnus William Gruber.
The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the WSU Museum of Art Gallery, across from Martin Stadium on Wilson Road.
Gruber was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Yale University, the University of Idaho and WSU. He worked as a journalist and served in the Marine Corps before becoming a college professor.
Since 1980, he has taught at Emory University in Atlanta, where he is a professor of English and chairs the department.
Gruber’s book, “On All Sides of Nowhere” (Houghton Mifflin, 2002), won the Bakeless Prize for nonfiction from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. The book chronicles the author’s experiences in the Inland Northwest.
The reading is co-sponsored by the WSU Museum of Art. A reception and book signing will follow. Books will be made available for purchase, courtesy of the Bookie.
For more information, contact Paula Coomer of the WSU English department at (509) 335-6846.
