The Nelson Boswell Reader Series is proud to present a reading with Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker. This event is free and open to the public.

Danielle Dutton is the author of the novels Margaret the First and SPRAWL and the collections Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other and Attempts at a Life. She wrote the text interpolations in Richard Kraft’s Here Comes Kitty: A Comic Opera and an illustrated nonfiction chapbook on fiction/visual art called A Picture Held Us Captive. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The White Review, Conjunctions, The Brooklyn Rail, Harper’s, BOMB, Fence, NOON, etc. She is co-founder and editor of the award-winning press Dorothy, a publishing project and a professor in the English Department at Washington University in St. Louis.

Martin Riker is the author of two novels, The Guest Lecture and Samuel Johnson's Eternal Return. His reviews and criticism appear frequently in publications including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Having spent a decade as the Associate Director of the nonprofit literary press Dalkey Archive, in 2009 he co-founded (with Danielle Dutton) the independent feminist press Dorothy, a publishing project. He is a Teaching Professor in the English Department at Washington University in St. Louis, where he directs the concentration in book publishing.