Author Nick Sturm to read at Quinnipiac University Oct. 31

Author Nick Sturm will read excerpts from his work at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Carl Hansen Student Center, Room 120, on the Mount Carmel Campus at Quinnipiac University. This event, part of the creative writing program’s Yawp! Series, an open dialogue on creativity and the arts, is free and open to the public.

Sturm is the author of the poetry collection, “How We Light,” and several chapbooks. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in several publications, including “Sixth Finch,” “Sink” and “Columbia Poetry Review.”

For more information, call 203-582-8652.

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