Andre Dubus

posted Sep 16, 2008 at 12:04 PM

The House of Sand and Fog author will be giving a reading tonight at UAlbany's recital hall on the uptown campus at 8pm. Dubus' appearance is the first of this season's New York State Writers Institute events.

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