Naomi Shihab Nye, poet and essayist, writes about the Middle East and her own Arab-American heritage. She will give a reading of her work on November 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, Room 5AB.

George Singleton is a member of the South Carolina Governor's School faculty and is the author of four collections of shorts stories: These People Are Us (2001), The Half-Mammals of Dixie (2002), Why Dogs Chase Cars (2004), and Drowning in Gruel (2006). His novel, Novel, was published in 2005. He will read from his works and take questions on April 15, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Stanley Russ Hall Room 103.