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The event is free and open to the public.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMorgan\u2019s first novel, \u201cAll the Living,\u201d (2009) was a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award for a distinguished book of fiction. Published by Farrar Straus &#038; Giroux, \u201cAll the Living\u201d received outstanding reviews and the New York Times Book Review named it an Editor\u2019s Choice. Morgan also received recognition as one of the National Book Foundation\u2019s \u201c5 Best Writers under 35\u201d and, in 2010, The New Yorker published her story \u201cTwins\u201d in a fiction edition titled \u201c20 under 40,\u201d devoted to the work of twenty important and emerging writers under the age of forty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMorgan studied English and voice at Berea College and holds a master\u2019s in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School. She lives in Kentucky.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe lecture is sponsored by the Delcamp Visiting Writer series. 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