UNM alumna Franci Washburn will read from her new novel, “Elsie’s Business,” at the Student Union building Santa Ana room on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. She will be introduced by Gerald Vizenor, professor of American studies, who selected her novel for the Native Storiers Series.
“This event speaks to all that is best about the creative writing program and about the English department at UNM,” said Sharon Oard Warner, director of creative writing.
Washburn received a master’s in writing and a doctorate in American studies from UNM. She is an assistant professor of English and Native American studies at the University of Arizona.
The reading, sponsored by the UNM English department’s Poets & Writers series and the Provost’s Speakers Bureau, is free and open to the public.
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