NASHVILLE, Tenn. – , an acclaimed memoirist, novelist, writing instructor and poet, will read from her work at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University.
Sellers will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, in Room 102 of Buttrick Hall. A reception will follow in the atrium of Buttrick.
The reading and reception are free and open to the public.
“The writing of Heather Sellers is luminous, brave and vibrant,” said , assistant professor of English at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. “Her stories and poems are often humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, but always arresting and unforgettable. Also, her books on craft are indispensable to emerging writers.”
Sellers, a professor of English at , is the author of Face First: A Memoir, which chronicles her experience with face blindness, a little-understood neurological deficit which renders her unable to recognize people by their faces. The upcoming Chapter after Chapter is a sequel to her well-regarded writing primer Page after Page. She is also a frequently anthologized short story writer and poet.
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