An award-winning poet will read from his collection of verse and teach the writing craft to some aspiring authors later this month as a writer-in-residence at West Virginia University. William Olsen, the 2008 Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English, will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the Mountainlair Gold Ballroom. Olsen is the author of four collections of poetry: “Avenue of Vanishing,” “Trouble Lights,” “Vision of a Storm Cloud” and “The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers.” A book signing will follow the event, which is free and open to the public. Also, Olsen will work with 12 WVU creative writers for the remainder of the week. For more information, contact Mark Brazaitis at (304) 293-9707 or Mark.Brazaitis@mail.wvu.edu.

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