Augustana College, Rock Island, IL - Writer Richard Katrovas reads from his work in The River Readings at Augustana on Thursday, February 4.
The recipient of numerous grants and awards, Katrovas is the founding academic director of the Prague Summer Program, and is the author of six books of poetry, Green Dragons, Snug Harbor, The Public Mirror, The Book of Complaints, Dithyrambs and Prague Winter; a book of short stories, Prague USA; two memoirs, The Years of Smashing Bricks and The Republic of Burma Shave; and a novel, Mystic Pig. He is a professor of English at Western Michigan University.
Of The Years of Smashing Bricks, Patricia Hampl wrote, "Richard Katrovas has become an indispensable masculine voice, by turns brash and strikingly tender. These short stories form a strong, singular narrative, but they are also individual pieces of beauty and insight. Maybe only a poet can write memoir with this kind of torque."
The reading is free and open to the public and takes place Thursday, February 4, at 7:00 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall, inside the Denkmann building (3520 7th Ave.) on the Augustana College campus. A reception follows the reading.
The River Readings at Augustana is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Service, the Thomas Tredway Library, and the English Department at Augustana College.
The River Readings at Augustana calendar:
February 4, Richard Katrovas, poetry, fiction, and memoir
March 18, Chris Offutt, fiction and memoir
April 15, Daniel Woodrell, fiction
