The NIU Department of English invites the public to meet and hear readings by two celebrated alumni. A reception and reading featuring poet Todd Davis and author Kenneth Womack will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Anthropology Museum of Cole Hall. Davis earned both his master’s degree (1991) and Ph.D. (1995)...

NIU alum and Northern Illinois University Press author Kenneth Womack will read from and sign his new novel, “John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel,” from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at Room 211 of Reavis Hall. Lunch will be provided. At 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, Womack will read from and...