Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Nikky Finney and Terrance Hayes Frick Fine Arts… Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Nikky Finney and Terrance Hayes Frick Fine Arts Auditorium Today, 7 p.m.

As a part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, Nikky Finney and Terrance Hayes will be reading their poetry in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium today at 7 p.m.

Finney is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Kentucky and has written three books of poetry: “On Wings Made of Gauze,” “The World is Round” and “Rice,” which won a PEN America Open Book Award. Finney is also the author of “Heartwood,” a collection of short stories, and is in the process of writing a novel.

Hayes, an associate professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, is the author of “Hip Logic, Muscular Music” and “Wind in a Box.” Among his many awards and honors, Hayes has received a Whiting Writers Award, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a National Poetry Series award, a Pushcart Prize, a Best American Poetry selection and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

In its ninth season, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series will continue to feature award-winning poets and writers throughout the school year. Poet Gabeba Baderoon, author of “A Hundred Silences,” novelist Dan Chaon and memoirist Kathryn Harrison are scheduled to read this season.