Alfred Literary Festival to showcase captivating works

The 2010 Alfred Literary Festival, hosted by the Division of English and the Writing Center, will take place March 25-27 with various events across campus.

The festival returns after much popularity and a great response from the AU community and residents of the surrounding area. This year, the event will showcase the works of two visiting authors and one Alfred professor.

Emerging poet Jim Murphy will present a reading of his works at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 in the Knight Club. Fiction writer and Alfred English professor Rahul Mehta will give a reading following Murphy at 7:30 p.m., also in the Knight Club.

Friday, March 26 is packed with activities. All of the authors will participate in a book signing from 3-4 p.m. in Powell’s Alumni Lounge. Later that day, fiction writer Megan Staffel will give the Keynote Reading of the festival in the Gothic Chapel at 6 p.m. An open mic night will conclude Friday’s events from 8:30-10 p.m. in the Gothic Chapel.

The festival will conclude on Saturday, March 27 with a Literary Roundtable Discussion from 2-4 p.m. in Powell’s Alumni Lounge.

The literary festival continues to bring a vast array of literature and poetry to the Alfred community. All events are open to AU students, faculty and the general public.