Reading by Faculty Authors David Brendan Hopes and Evan Gurney

English faculty members David Brendan Hopes and Evan Gurney will read from their works at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This reading is free and open to everyone.

Hopes, an acclaimed playwright, poet and novelist, will lead from his latest novel, The Falls of the Wyona, winner of the 2018 Quill Prize for Fiction.

Gurney, who teaches an eclectic range of English courses, is especially interested in premodern literature and will read from his book, Love’s Quarrels: Reading Charity in Early Modern England, published in 2018.

This event is presented by the Creative Writing Program of UNC Asheville’s Department of English. For more information, visit the department website.