Come hear some of our young award-winning authors read from their new books.

Featuring Chris Bachelder, Elizabeth Hughey, Jedediah Berry, Lisa Olstein and others. Refreshments provided by Portabella Catering.

Chris Bachelder
Chris Bachelder is the author of the novels U.S. ! , Bear v. Shark , and Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography (an e-book). His short fiction and essays have appeared in Harper's, The Believer, McSweeney's, The Oxford American, The Cincinnati Review, New Stories from the South, and elsewhere. Originally from Virginia, Bachelder has taught writing at New Mexico State University and Colorado College. website

Elizabeth Hughey
Elizabeth Hughey's poetry collection, Sunday Houses the Sunday House, won the 2006 Iowa Poetry Prize. A native of Alabama, Hughey attended Hollins College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she received her MFA. Her poems have appeared in Shampoo, the Hat and the Southern Poetry Review and are forthcoming in La Petite Zine. She lives and teaches in western Massachusetts. website

Jededi Berry
Jedediah Berry is the author of the novel The Manual of Detection (Penguin, 2009). Berry was raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. His short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best New American Voices and Best American Fantasy. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and works as assistant editor of Small Beer Press. Website

Lisa Olstein
Lisa Olstein is the author of two books of poems, Radio Crackling, Radio Gone, winner of the 2005 Hayden Carruth Award, and Lost Alphabet (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Centrum. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, American Letters & Commentary, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. With Dara Wier and Noy Holland, she co-founded the Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts & Action. She serves as Associate Director of the MFA Program and Juniper Initiative. Website