NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 25 number 1 - Fall 2004

Friends of the Library News--Elaine Orr Headlines 2004 Fall Luncheon

By Mary Kate Keith, Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library's guest speaker at its annual Fall Luncheon will be Elaine Orr, professor of English at NC State. Her presentation is entitled "Kindred, Stranger: A Nigerian/American Autobiography." The event will be held at 12:00 noon on November 10, 2004, at the McKimmon Center. Orr, who specializes in American literature and feminist theory, recently finished a tour for her creative nonfiction book Gods of Noonday, A White Girl's African Life.

The book depicts Orr's childhood as the daughter of missionaries in Nigeria in the 1950s and 1960s during that country's struggle for independence from Great Britain. It also conveys the importance of Nigerian culture as a therapeutic influence later in her life. Gods of Noonday is currently number two on Book Sense's "Top Ten" list of university press titles published in 2003. Orr's poetry and essays have been published in multiple literary journals. To learn more about the author and her book, visit the Web site at http://www.elaineneilorr.com/.

Another highlight of the luncheon will be the presentation of the sixteenth annual NCSU Libraries Faculty Award to an NC State faculty member who has contributed consistently or notably to the operation and development of the Libraries

Advance reservations are required for this event. For ticket information, please call the Friends of the Library, Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., at (919) 515-2841.