The Fall 2016 Zalaznick Reading Series kicked off Sept. 1 with a celebration of Prof. Emeritus James McConkey on the occasion of his 95th birthday. McConkey read from his book, "Stories from My Life with the Other Animals." Three of McConkey's award-winning former students—Diane Ackerman '78, Gilbert Allen '77 and A. Manette Ansay '91—also read from their own works in his honor.