Hannah Pittard, Nationally Acclaimed Author

Hannah Pittard, Nationally Acclaimed Author

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITER

Join us for an exciting evening with Hannah Pittard, whose fiction and nonfiction have earned national attention for their wit, emotional resonance and fearless storytelling.

This in-person event will be held at Oregon State University - Cascades and is hosted by the MFA in Writing program.

Pittard is the author of six books including the newly released and darkly comic “If You Love It Let It K*ll You.” The novel, which blends fiction and autobiography, was praised by The New York Times as “a sharp, propulsive portrait of fractured love and lingering grief.”

She wrote the book, which concerns the breakup of her marriage, in response to learning her ex-husband, also a novelist, was about to have a book published on the same topic.

Her 2023 memoir, “We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind Of],” was named a notable book by several publications for its candid, unconventional look at marriage, friendship and betrayal.

She is also the author of the novels “Visible Empire,” “Listen to Me,” “Reunion” and “The Fates Will Find Their Way.” Her short fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Oxford American, The Guardian and People magazine.

Pittard is the Guy Davenport Professor in English at the University of Kentucky, where she teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program.

The Distinguished Visiting Writer series is hosted by OSU-Cascades Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. The series brings emerging and nationally recognized authors to OSU-Cascades for readings, workshops and engagement with students and the community.

Host or Publisher Oregon State University - Cascades