Author Elizabeth Cox will be the centerpiece of Thursday’s Landiss Lecture.
The Swang Chapel in the Ezell Center will host the free lecture, as well as the reception and book signing beginning at 7:30 on March 27.
Cox has written four novels, as well as two other books of short stories and poetry. She has spread her knowledge through teaching at universities; namely teaching creative writing at Duke for 17 years.
Her résumé includes being a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and winning the North Carolina Fiction Award amongst other awards. She is now teaching at Wofford College in South Carolina.