Raymond Carver Reading Series: Christopher Brunt

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences presents the Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Christopher Brunt is the author of the poetry collection WAR AT HOME (Saturnalia Books, 2024), a finalist for the Alma Book Prize. His poetry, fiction and essays have been featured in Ploughshares, The Nation, Oxford American, Fugue, Meridian, Copper Nickel, the Cincinnati Review and other magazines. He has been a finalist for the Saturnalia Book Award, the Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize and the St. Lawrence Book Award, and shortlisted for the Christopher Smart Poetry Prize. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, he has an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi. He currently teaches literature and creative writing at Syracuse University, and is the creator and host of PODRE, a podcast on fatherhood, recovery and the creative life.

All readings take place in Watson Hall. They begin at 5 p.m. and are preceded by a question-and-answer session that begins at 4 p.m. They are open to the public.

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