Author of Novels, 80 Short Stories to Read at Drew

A series of public readings by acclaimed authors at Drew University in Madison continues Wednesday with a 5 p.m. reading by a former Peace Corps volunteer.

Mark Jacobs spent 18 years in the Foreign Service working in Latin America, Turkey and Spain. He has published more than 80 short stories in commercial and literary magazines. His novels include "Stone Cowboy," "A Handful of Kings" and "Forty Wolves."

The readings, all by Drew alumni, take place 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in Mead Hall as part of Drew's "Sentences 5" conference, which explores the genres of fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir and journalism.