Boise State University’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program will host an evening with award-winning novelist, essayist and short story writer Pam Houston at 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors) Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St. in downtown Boise.

Tickets are $5 for students and $15 for the general public ($10 and $20 at the door), available in advance by e-mailing jacobpowers@boisestate.edu or through the Boise State English Department office in Room 228 of the Language Arts Building, 426-3426.   

All proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA), which matches volunteers with children who are abused, neglected or abandoned.