 Galway
Kinnell, one of America’s great poets
and author of twelve books of poems. He has received the
Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Frost Medal, and a
MacArthur Fellowship. Kinnell is a former Black Mountain
College student. For information on “The Spirit of Black
Mountain College Celebration” at L-R, go to
www.blackmountaincollegecelebration.com
Thursday, September 25, 2008
8:00 pm Belk Centrum
 Anna
Quindlen, Pulitzer prize-winning
columnist and novelist known for her “Last Word” column in
Newsweek and her novel Black and Blue (Oprah Choice).
Thursday,
October 2, 2008
8:00pm, PE Monroe Auditorium
 Jonathan
Kozol, Nationally recognized
educator. His most recent book, Letters to a Young School
Teacher, is the LR Freshman Read. His other books include:
Savage Inequalities; The Shame of the Nation; Amazing Grace;
and Death at an Early Age.
Thursday,
November 6, 2008
4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, PE Monroe Auditorium
 Terry
McMillan, Novelist. Two of her NYT
best-sellers, Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her
Groove Back have been made into movies. This event is
in conjunction with the Hickory Public Library.
Thursday,
February 19, 2009
8:00 pm, PE Monroe Auditorium
 Julie
Fay, Visiting Writer in Residence. Fay is a Fulbright
Scholar and professor of English at East Carolina University.
She has published several books of poems, as well as short
stories and works of
creative non-fiction.
Wednesday,
March. 26
8 p.m., Belk Centrum
 Bruce
Lansky, Children’s poet and Little
Read author known as “The King of Giggle Poetry.” His work’s
include Mary Had a Little Jam; If Kids Ruled the School;
and Rolling in the Aisles. Lansky is the creator of
GigglePoetry.com.
Saturday, April
4, 2009
1:00 pm, PE Monroe Auditorium
All events
are free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are
required.
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