Writers Reading: Nathan McClain

Presented in partnership with the Amherst Business Improvement District, Writers Reading is a curated series featuring local authors. In our first installment of the reading series, join us at UMass Downtown for a line-up curated by featured writer Nathan McClain. Authors Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, Matt Donovan, and Rebecca Hart Olander will join McClain in sharing selections from their work.

Nathan McClain (he/him) is the author of two collections of poetry: *Previously Owned* (Four Way Books, 2022), longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award, and *Scale* (Four Way Books, 2017). He is a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and is a Cave Canem fellow. He earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College. His poems and prose have appeared in *Plume Poetry 10*, *The Hopkins Review*, *The Common*, *Poetry Northwest*, and *Zócalo Public Squar*e, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the *Massachusetts Review*.

This event is free to attend and open to all. See additional author bios at **https://www.umass.edu/downtown/news-events**.