Writers Harvest to Benefit Southeastern
Ohio Food Bank
As
part of the national Writers Harvest, Ohio
University's Program
in Creative Writing will host a reading by
four faculty members tonight at 8
p.m.
in Irvine Auditorium (room 194) on the
Athens campus' West
Green.
Writers
Harvest is the nation's largest literary
benefit, featuring readings
in
more than 600 locations during October.
Since 1984, the benefit's parent
organization,
Share Our Strength, has distributed $55
million in aid to
anti-poverty
and anti-hunger organizations. All
proceeds from the $5 admission
charge
for the Athens reading will go to the
Southeastern Ohio Food Bank's
Second
Harvest, a nine-county food pantry
distribution program.
This
year's program features fiction writer
Darrell Spencer and poets Sharon Bryan,
Mark Halliday and Bob DeMott.
Tickets
for Writers Harvest may be purchased at
the door to Irvine Auditorium beginning at
7 p.m. the day of the event. A book
signing and reception will follow the
event.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this news
release.
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