The Department of Language and Communication will host a reading by award-winning author Michael Martone at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, in the Ruth Lilly Student Center Community Room.

Martone is the author of numerous collections of short fiction and creative non-fiction, many of which are set in Indiana. His most recent books include Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fiction from the Flyover; Racing in Place: Collages, Fragments, Postcards, Ruins, a collection of essays; and Double-wide, his collected early stories. Martone is currently a professor at the University of Alabama where he has been teaching since 1996.

The event is open to the public at no charge. For more information contact David Shumate at dshumate@marian.edu.