DURHAM, N.H. -- Celebrated author and New York Times Magazine writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis will read from his work and hold a Q&A session at the University of New Hampshire Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union Building, Theatre I, as part of the English Department's UNH Writers Series. The event is free and open to the public.

Denizet-Lewisis the author of three nonfiction books and numerous New York Times Magazine pieces and cover stories on sexual identity, youth culture, sports and dogs. His most recent book, "Travels with Casey: My Journey through Our Dog-Crazy Country," premiered on the NYT bestseller list and was People and Time magazines' book of the week. Denizet-Lewis is a co-producer of the film "I Am Michael," which is based on his 2011 NYT Magazine piece, "My Ex-Gay Friend." In 2014, The Advocate named Denizet-Lewis one of the 50 most influential LGBT people working in media. Publishers Weekly described his portraits of adolescents as "stirring and sensitive" as they struggle "to articulate desire and identity while bearing the weight of societal taboo and marginalization."

Denizet-Lewis is an assistant professor in Emerson College's writing, literature & publishing department. To learn more about Denizet-Lewis: http://www.benoitdenizetlewis.com/

The UNH Writers Series is made possible through the support of the MacArthur/Simic and Edmund G. Miller Funds and the Ben and Zelma Dorson Family Charitable Foundation. For more information, contact the English Department at (603) 862-1313.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,300 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.

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