Novelist Peter Straub will present a reading of his work in Brown’s first annual Howard Phillips Lovecraft Reading Series on Tuesday, March 4th at 7 p.m. in the McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St.
Straub has been described as “one of the most commercially (and critically) successful genre writers of the past thirty years.” Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he is the author of 17 novels, as well as of collections of both short stories and poetry. Some of his books include the well-known horror novels Julia, If You Could See Me Now, Ghost Story, and Shadowlands. More recent novels include In The Night Room and Lost Boy Lost Girl.
His reading, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Brown’s graduate program in Literary Arts, with support from the Creative Arts Council and the John Hay Library. The Literary Arts Program, which grants M.F.A. degrees in fiction, poetry, electronic writing and playwriting, annually sponsors many readings, plays and performances by artists of national and international importance.