The English department and MFA program will host WVU Press authors Tom Bredehoft and Natalie Sypolt for a reading and book signing at 7:30 p.m. today (Sept. 15) in the E. Moore Hall Lounge.
Bredehoft, a former WVU faculty member, will be reading from his new book, “Foote: A Mystery Novel.” Set in a vividly depicted Morgantown, the book includes mentions of the PRT, the University's crime scene houses, the rail trail, downtown restaurants and area events like the ramp festival. Along the way, Big Jim encounters traditional Appalachian mountain and folk culture and also the impact of the opioid epidemic on his own kin.
Sypolt is a WVU MFA alum. Her collection of stories, “The Sound of Holding Your Breath,” was published in 2018.