Ken Calhoun, assistant professor in the School of Communications, read his short story "Headlock" at the New York Public Library on May 12.
Calhoun was invited to participate in the Periodically Speaking Reading Series, which is jointly hosted by the New York Public Library and the Council for Literary Magazines and Presses. The series is designed to “provide a major new venue for emerging writers to present their work while highlighting the riches of literary magazines in New York City and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event focuses on a theme and presents writers from three influential literary magazines, introduced by their publisher/editors.”
Calhoun was chosen to read by editors of the St. Petersburg Review, who published “Headlock” in the international journal’s inaugural issue, “White Nights, 2007.” He was introduced by SPR publisher/editor Elizabeth Hodges.