The Department of English kicked off this semester's lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the Colgate community, author Patrick O'Keeffe.

O'Keeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road.

"The Hill Road is a glorious work one would wish everyone to read. What a pleasure to see so many students and faculty, so many members of our community at this reading," Jane Pinchin, Thomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of English, said in the standing-room-only Ho Reading Room.