Shannon Reed Author Talk

The only thing Shannon Reed loves as much as books is talking about them. Join her for an exploration of why she loves to read, including first forays into the public libraries of her youth, misadventures with Pizza Hut's Book It! program, and her 25-year teaching career of students ranging from preschool to her work running Pitt's undergraduate Creative Writing program today. It's all part of her nationally best-selling memoir, Why We Read, which George Saunders called "a lovely, funny read." 

Shannon Reed is the author of Why Did I Get a B? And Other Mysteries We're Discussing in the Faculty Lounge, a semifinalist for the Thurber Prize for American humor, and a teaching associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh in creative writing. She is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker's Shouts and Murmurs column, as well as McSweeney's. Her work has appeared in the Paris Review, Real Simple, Slate, and the Washington Post, among many others.