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How do creative writers find ways to embody the voices of their characters? How do we write to release them into the bodies of readers and performers? UVU writer-professors discuss their fiction, poetry, and performance as they create characters who speak and live beyond their makers.

Dr. Kimberly Abunuwara, playwright and stage performer, Professor and Director of Humanities, UVU.

Dr. Karin Anderson, Professor, English, UVU. Author of the novel Before Us Like A Land of Dreams, Torrey House Press, 2019.

Dr. Kara Van De Graaf, Professor, English, UVU. Author of the prize-winning poetry collection Spitting Image, Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.

Moderated by Dr. Julie Nichols, Professor, English, UVU. Author of the novel Pigs When They Straddle the Air, Zarahemla Press, 2016.

Join our conversation on Thursday, October 31, 2019, in the Clarke Building, Room 510. Refreshments and informal conversation with the authors will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

This event is presented by Torrey House Press and Utah Humanities. This event has received funding from the Utah Humanities Council. The Utah Humanities Council (UHC) enriches our cultural, intellectual, and civic life by providing opportunities for all Utahns to explore life’s most engaging questions and the wonders of the human experience. Torrey House Press is also supported by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and National Endowment for the Arts.