Knoxville native Charles Holdefer will be reading from his new novel “Don’t Look at Me,”  at the Knoxville Public Library Thursday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m.

Holdefer attended Melcher-Dallas and Knoxville schools, and later the University of Iowa. He now lives in Brussels, Belgium. Holdefer returns to Knoxville every year to visit family and to teach at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

“Don’t Look at Me,” is the story of Holly Winegarten, an ex-basketball star who discovers lost love letters from Emily Dickinson to an unknown Irish lover. Holly must confront academic conformism and risk embarrassing exposure in order to defend larger truths about American culture. You can find out more at www.charlesholdefer.com