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The Mary E. Rolling Reading Series presents Rion Amilcar Scott

Thursday, January 29, 2026
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 140 Curtain Road
The Mary E. Rolling Reading Series presents Rion Amilcar Scott

Rion Amilcar Scott is the author of the story collections The World Doesn’t Require You and Insurrections, which was awarded the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and the 2017 Hillsdale Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He teaches creative writing at the University of Maryland. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 and McSweeney's Quarterly, among other publications.

Rion Amilcar Scott wears glasses and a green collared shirt.
Rion Amilcar Scott wears glasses and a green collared shirt.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 140 Curtain Road

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