NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 21 number 3 - Spring 2001
Friends of the Library News
By Mary Kate Keith, Friends of the Library
2001 North Carolina Writers Series
Thompson Theatre, NC State University, 7:30 P.M.
Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Friends members and NC
State students may purchase tickets for $5; the general public for $8. Call
(919) 515-2841 for tickets or information.
April 10: Daniel Wallace, Author of Ray In Reverse
What would it be like to be in heaven and receive the opportunity to look
back at your life in reverse order? Daniel Wallace explores the notion in his
second novel, Ray In Reverse. Wallace, a resident of Chapel Hill,
has received a North Carolina Arts Fellowship and a PEN Syndicated Fiction
Award. His first novel was Big Fish.
May 1: Marcia Douglas, "Writing the Caribbean"
Come and listen to the lyrical voice of Marcia Douglas as she mesmerizes listeners
with readings from her books Madam Fate and Electricity Comes
to Cocoa Bottom. Douglas, a native of Jamaica, will also discuss the history
and culture of the Caribbean, as well as her development there as a woman and
writer. She is an associate professor of creative writing with the Department
of English at NC State.
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