The Lied Center tonight is hosting “An Evening with Andrei Codrescu” from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Andrei Codrescu, the MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University, is a poet, novelist, essayist and screenwriter in addition to his work for NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania, came to the United States in 1966 and became a U.S. citizen in 1981. His book “New Orleans, Mon Amour,” published this year, is a collection of essays concerning the city that Codrescu has called home for a number of years. His other recent books include the novel Wakefield (2004) and a collection of poetry, It Was Today (2003).

The event in the Lied Center auditorium is free and open to the public.