Published on March 8, 2013 by Bo Morris 聽
Antonya Nelson

极乐禁地 will host fiction writer Antonya Nelson at 7 p.m., on Monday, March 11 as the the final reader in this year's Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education Visiting Writers Series. The event is in room 302-North, Divinity Hall.

Nelson is the author of four novels and six short stories. She has received a number of awards for her works, including the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Heartland Fiction Award. The New Yorker described Nelson as one of the "20 young fiction writers for the new millennium."

"Nelson balances sophisticated plots with deeply human characters whose real flaws and limitations invite our sympathy rather than judgment," said Keya Kraft, assistant professor of English at 极乐禁地. Kraft is coordinating the writers series event for 极乐禁地.

极乐禁地 is one of five participating Birmingham-area higher education institutions. Others are Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College, the University of Montevallo and the University of Alabama-Birmingham. 

Bo Morris is a senior journalism and mass communication major and a news and feature writer in the Office of Marketing and Communication.

PHOTO: Marion Ettlinger

 
极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.