The WVU Department of English and MFA program will host WVU Press authors Tom Bredehoft and Natalie Sypolt for a reading and book signing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Betty Boyd Lounge of Elizabeth Moore Hall.
Bredehoft, a former WVU faculty member, will read from his new book "Foote: A Mystery Novel." Set in Morgantown, Bredehoft’s book mentions the PRT, WVU’s crime scene houses, the Rail Trail, area events and more. Private Investigator Big Jim Foote also encounters traditional Appalachian mountain and folk culture and the impact of the opioid epidemic.
“A tale about humanity wrapped in the garment of an excellent hard-boiled thriller. Part mystery, part fable but all original, Jim Foote is sure to be one of your favorite literary detectives — cryptid or otherwise.” — Jordan Farmer, author of “The Poison Flood” and “The Pallbearer”
Sypolt, a WVU MFA alumna, will read from her book “The Sound of Holding Your Breath,” a collection of stories entrenched in small-town West Virginia.
“Sypolt writes with sober love and unselfconscious respect from the insides of people and a place too many writers touch only from the outside. An impressive debut.” — Ann Pancake, author of “Strange As This Weather Has Been.”