Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing presents a reading with authors Taylor Brorby and Brook Champagne, hosted by The Normal School magazine. A MacDowell Fellow, Brorby’s latest nonfiction book is “Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land.” An Alabama Literary Fellow, Champagne’s latest nonfiction book is “Nola Face: A Latina’s Life in the Big Easy.” Location: Alice Peters Auditorium (PB 191) inside the Fresno State University Business Center. Admission is free; parking costs $5. Details: www.fresnostate.edu/creativewriting or 559.278.1569.
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