On Tuesday, March 1, F&M’s Philadelphia Alumni Writers House hosted a reading with Meghan Kenny, author and seventh grade English teacher at Lancaster Country Day School. The event took place in the Writers House Reading Room and was free and open to the public. Kenny acquired her BA in English and creative writing from Kenyon College, and her MFA in fiction from Boise State University. She is the recipient of the Iowa Review Award for her story “The Driest Season,” as well as Pushcart Prize Special Mention. Her novel was a finalist for the Dana Award. Kenny’s short stories have appeared in literary journals from The Cincinnati Review to The Kenyon Review, Hobart, and more. Kenny has been a Peter Taylor Fellow, a Tickner Writing Fellow, and a scholar at Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference. In addition to teaching at the Lancaster Country Day School, she teaches fiction for Gotham Writer’s Workshop online.