The second author to visit Hope for the Spring 2011 Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series is Ben Percy, who will be on campus March 28. Percy, a fiction and nonfiction writer, has released two collections of short stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His first novel, The Wilding, came out in 2010 and his second novel, Red Moon, will be released in 2012. His works have also appeared in Men’s Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.
Literature Online has three of Percy’s short stories available as well as literary criticism of his work. Reviews are also available through OneFile PowerSearch.
— Bethany Stripp, Library Student Blogger