The public is invited to a reading by Marlin Barton, author of Children of Dust, on Tuesday, August 30 at 4 PM at the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill.

Marlin Barton has published three collections of short stories, The Dry Well, Dancing by the River, and Pasture Art, and two novels, A Broken Thing and The Cross Garden. His stories have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, including Shenandoah, The Southern Review, The Sewanee Review, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and The Best American Short Stories. Barton is the 2016 winner of the Truman Capote Prize for short fiction by an Alabama writer.

The event is free, open to the public, and will be followed by refreshments. Books will be available for purchase from Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.