The English department Writers’ Series will host its first reading by Marketing & Communications Associate Vice President Gary James Erwin on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Bargman Room on the second floor of the McNichols Campus Library. Erwin will share from his new collection of short stories, titled, Trail Crossing Sixteen Counties. All readings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Associate Professor of English Mary-Catherine Harrison at harrismc2@udmercy.edu.