Event Information
Date: Oct. 8
Time: 7 PM
Location: CalArts Campus; A207
About:
This event features Nicholas Russell, a writer and editor from Las Vegas, as he reads from his debut novel Observer, published Sep 15, 2026. Nicholas has been featured in The Believer, McSweeney’s, The Yale Review, Reverse Shot, The Point, The Baffler, The Nation, and Dirt, among other publications. He has attended Short Fiction workshops at VQR and Tin House, as well as the Critics Academy for the New York Film Festival and the Press Inclusion Initiative at the Sundance Film Festival. He’s also received support from MacDowell and the Nes Artist Residency.
Opening for Nicholas will be MFA2 writer Ichabod Cassius Kilroy.
*Writing Now is a reading series featuring guest authors in the American literary scene, as well as MFA2 creative writers at CalArts.
