Closs Visiting Writer in Residence Fiction Reading: Alix Ohlin

Kirby Hall of Civil Rights, Room 104

A novelist and short story writer, Alix Ohlin is the author of five books, most recently Dual Citizens (2019).  Her previous novel, Inside, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize.  Her short stories have appeared widely, including in The New Yorker and Best American Short Stories. A former professor at Lafayette College, she now chairs the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia.