Prairie Thaw readings set for Friday Prairie Thaw, the English department's graduate reading series, will host a "Sexy Reading" at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in 300 Merrifield Hall. Multiple readers will be giving short, three minute readings. It's fast, it's dirty, it's sexy. For more information, contact Heidi Czerwiec. -- Heidi K. Czerwiec, Assistant Professor, English and Creative Writing, heidi.czerwiec@und.edu, 777-2768