'Writer's Read' to Feature EMU Alum
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The language and literature department at Eastern Mennonite University will hold its second "Writers Read" program of the semester 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 21, in the Martin Chapel.
Stephen R. Byler, selected by Barnes & Noble for its "Discover Great New Writers" Winter 2002 program, will read from his first novel, Searching for Intruders, A Novel in Stories.
Byler, a Lancaster, Pa., native, earned a bachelor of arts degree in liberal arts and sociology from EMU in 1992. He studied philosophy at Princeton University, earned an M.A. in religion and literature from Yale and received an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia.
He has worked as a radio announcer, a bankruptcy counselor and a fly-fishing guide.
Admission to the program, which includes dinner, is $7. Advance reservations should be made by noon Monday, Mar. 18, by calling the EMU box office at 432-4582 or by e-mail: martindl@emu.edu.
FEBRUARY 26, 2002
This article is from the EMU News Archive. The approximate date of publication was in February 2002. Current EMU news is available at www.emu.edu/news
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