Gutkind is an influential author, journal founder, and anthology editor who is known worldwide as "The Godfather of Creative Nonfiction." He is the founder and editor of the groundbreaking literary magazine Creative Nonfiction. His unique brand of literary journalism has led Gutkind to perform as a clown for Ringling Brothers, scrub with heart and liver transplant surgeons, wander the country on a motorcycle, and experience psychotherapy with a distressed family--all as research for dozens of books, profiles, essays and anthologies. His most recent book is Almost Human: Making Robots Think, a behind-the-scenes look at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Gutkind's visit is co-sponsored by The Fresno Bee.

The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Peters Educational Center inside the Student Rec Center at Shaw and Woodrow avenues. There will be a book-signing after the reading. Admission is free. A pre-event Q&A session for Fresno State students only will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in PB 390.