Join us for the Plutzik Reading Series as we mark our 62nd season. Award-winning author Gabriel Bump will read from his recent works, answer questions and sign his books, which will be available for purchase.

Bump is the author of The New Naturals and Everywhere You Don’t Belong, which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2020 and an Electric Lit Favorite Novel of 2020. Bump’s nonfiction and fiction have appeared in Slam magazine, The Huffington Post, Springhouse Journal, and other publications. He was awarded the 2016 Deborah Slosberg Memorial Award for Fiction. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He grew up in South Shore, Chicago and now teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The series is one of the most prestigious and longest-running reading series in the country, and honors the life and poetic achievements of Hyam Plutzik, a critically acclaimed poet and UR faculty member. In keeping with Plutzik's generosity of spirit and commitment to bringing poetry to the community, the Plutzik Reading Series readings are always free and open to the public.