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Novelist Emily Mitchell will be featured during the Morgantown Poets literary and arts event tonight at the Monongalia Arts Center at 7.
The Morgantown Poets literary and arts event takes place on the third Thursday of each month at the MAC with a different featured artist. The event is now in its second year.
Morgantown Poets, a nonprofit, informational literary and arts community event, was founded by Casie Fox, Charlotte Firestone, Tamara Woods and Ted Webb.
"All our Morgantown Poets events provide the opportunity for students, and everyone in the community to gain more understanding of themselves and others sharing literature and art," Webb said. "Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there. Morgantown Poets is an inspiring way for students interested in writing or art to share their work with others while jump-starting their own writing careers."
The events begin with readings from a featured artist followed by readings from other attendees.
Mitchell’s first novel "The Last Summer of the World" was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lion’s Fiction Award in 2008.
Mitchell’s short fiction has appeared in the New England Review, Indiana Review, Raritan and Agni. Her reviews have been featured in The New York Times and New Statesman.
Mitchell is also a faculty member in the Department of English in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University.
Mitchell read for the University last year at a reading sponsored by the English Department.
"I was attending a reading last year where Emily Mitchell was the featured guest, and I really enjoyed her work, it was a lot of fun," said WVU alumna Anna Young. "I would encourage anyone who has the time to go – she has really good work, and it inspired me to write, and that is hard to do."
The event is free and open to the public.
New writers for Morgantown Poets are welcome and are encouraged to e-mail morgantownpoets@yahoo.com for more information.
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