# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Sep, 2022 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The MFA Writing Program at UNCG and The Greensboro Review will host a fiction and poetry reading by Jason Ockert and UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Dan Albergotti on Thursday, September 15 at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing.

Dan Albergotti is the author of The Boatloads and Millennial Teeth (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014), as well as three chapbooks from Unicorn Press: CircaMMXX, The Use of the World, and Of Air and Earth. His poems have appeared in 32 Poems, The Cincinnati Review, Copper Nickel, Five Points, The Southern Review, The Best American Poetry, and The Pushcart Prize, as well as other journals and anthologies. He is a professor of English at Coastal Carolina University.

Jason Ockert is the author of Wasp Box, a novel, and three collections of short stories: Shadowselves, Neighbors of Nothing, and Rabbit Punches. Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection Contest, the Atlantic Monthly Fiction Contest, and the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, he was also a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Million Writers Award. His work has appeared in journals and anthologies including Best American Mystery Stories, Granta, The Cincinnati Review, Oxford American, One Story, and McSweeney’s. He teaches at Coastal Carolina University.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/greensboro/dan-albergotti-and-jason-ockert-poetry-and-fiction-reading/200023182721952
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Greensboro
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Scuppernong Books
- **lat**: 36.069939
- **long**: -79.79081
- **full address**: Scuppernong Books, 304 S Elm St, Greensboro, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading being held?
  - **A:** Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading takes place on Thu, 15 Sep, 2022 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 15 Sep, 2022 at 06:00 pm at Scuppernong Books, 304 S Elm St, Greensboro, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading?
  - **A:** Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading is organized by MFA Writing Program at Greensboro.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Greensboro, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Dan Albergotti and Jason Ockert Poetry & Fiction Reading sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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