FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Caitlin Horrocks, author of the novel “The Vexations,” will speak as part of the Sullivan Reading Series at the University of Saint Francis.
Horrocks will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 in the Parkview Physicians Group Auditorium, Room 226 of Achatz Hall of Science and John and Toni Murray Research Center on the campus, 2701 Spring St.
In addition to “The Vexations,” Horrocks is the author of the story collection, “This Is Not Your City,” and her stories and essays appear in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, The PEN/O, Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, The Paris Review, Tin House and One Story, as well as other journals and anthologies.
Horrocks recently won the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review. She teaches at Grand Valley State University and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She and her family live in Grand Rapids, Mich.
For more information, contact Angie Springer at 260-399-7700, ext. 8100, or aspringer@sf.edu, or Dr. Michael Levan, Sullivan Reading Series coordinator, at mlevan@sf.edu.
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 70 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs through the School of Health Sciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership and School of Creative Arts. In addition to its traditional programs, USF designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. USF Downtown houses the university’s business and music technology programs while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. The University of Saint Francis campus experience includes 18 athletic programs boasting two individual and four team NAIA national championships and is recognized as an NAIA Five-Star Champion of Character institution. Approximately 2,200 students from a broad geographic region attend USF.