Yale English professor Caryl Phillips will read from his novel "In the Falling Snow". "In the Falling Snow" is the story of the breakdown and recovery of one man, whose exploration of his own identity raises questions of race, immigration and class in modern Britain.

"In the Falling Snow"

John Moran, production manager of the Yale Bulletin &amp; Calendar, will read from his novel "The Benefactor." In "The Benefactor," a young widow discovers her husband's accidental death is the latest in a series of murders-for-profit reaching back more than a decade.

"The Benefactor"

Dr. John A. Elefteriades, chief of cardiac surgery, reads from his new novel "Transplant". In this technothriller, a top heart surgeon is kidnapped and threatened with an unspeakable loss — all to make him perform a forbidden procedure.

"Transplant"

J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Yale Review and adjunct professor of English, reads from his poetry collection "Mercury Dressing."

Mercury Dressing

Rachel Newton

This is one of the winning submissions for the 2009 Yale University School of Nursing Creative Writing Awards, read by author Rachel Newton '13.

YSN Creative Writing Awards - Rachel Newton

Elizabeth Holt

This is the winning submission for the 2009 Yale University School of Nursing Creative Writing Awards, read by author Elizabeth Holt '11.

YSN Creative Writing Awards - Elizabeth Holt '11

Brandon Ko

This is the winning submission for the 2009 Yale University School of Nursing Creative Writing Awards, read by author Brandon Ko '10.

YSN Creative Writing Awards - Brandon Ko

Booker Prize winning novelist Penelope Lively discusses the relationship between history and fiction. David McCullough, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, delivers a reply to Lively's talk.

Reading History and Writing Fiction: A Life in Books

YSN student Sarah Kleinman reads her winning entry for the 2008 Yale University School of Nursing Creative Writing Awards program. Sarah Kleinman presented her Creative Writing Award entry before a capacity crowd at the Quinnipiack Club in New Haven on April 24, 2008.

"In Sickness and in Health" - YSN's Creative Writing Award Winner

YSN student Elise Resch reads her winning entry for the 2008 Yale University School of Nursing Creative Writing Awards program. Elise Resch presented her Creative Writing Award entry before a capacity crowd at the Quinnipiack Club in New Haven on April 24, 2008.

"Hands" - YSN's Creative Writing Award Winner

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