Copper Nickel will host Ander Monson, the mutli-genre wonder, on March 5th, 6th, and 7th. Monson will give a public reading on Wednesday March 5th at 6pm in St. Cajetan's Student Center on the Auraria Higher Education Campus and deliver a craft lecture on Thursday March 6th at 4pm (location TBA). Copper Nickel will host a reception in Monson's honor on Friday March 7th, from 7-10pm, at Matter Studios in LoDo; this reception will also mark the public release of Copper Nickel 9. All events are free and open to the public.

Ander Monson is the author of a book of poems, Vacationland (Tupelo Press), a novel in stories, Other Electricities (Sarabande Books), and a book of essays, Neck Deep (Graywolf). He is also the editor of New Michigan Press and DIAGRAM.