The Writing Program is thrilled to be hosting visiting writer Heather Radke for a public reading and craft talk: Thursday, April 6th at 6pm in the Center for Creativity's new performance space "The Understory" (Cathedral of Learning basement -- room B50).

Heather Radke is an essayist, journalist, and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab, the Peabody Award–winning program from WNYC. She has written for publications including The Believer, Longreads, and The Paris Review, and she teaches at Columbia University’s creative writing MFA Program. Before becoming a writer, Heather worked as a curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago. Her first book, Butts: A Backstory, was released by Avid Reader Press in 2022.