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Reading and Conversation with Dr. Ernest L. GibsonRefreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the program will begin at 6:30 PM. A signing will follow.
KIESE LAYMON is the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. Laymon is the author of "Long Division" and "How to Slowly K*ll Yourself and Others in America." Laymon’s memoir, "Heavy: An American Memoir," won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, the Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, and was named one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by The New York Times.
SPONSORS • Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities • Department of English • School of Communication and Journalism • Department of History • Department of Theatre and Dance • African American and Africana Studies • Strategic Initiatives and Programs in the College of Liberal Arts
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
101 S Debardeleben St, Auburn, AL, United States, Alabama 36830
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