Casorso, 'Michael Eric Dyson to Speak at FOL 1996 Writers Series', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v23n09 (April 1996) URL = ftp://ftp.lib.ncsu.edu/pub/stacks/ncln/ncln-v23n09-casorso-michael _The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_ Volume 23 no. 9 April 1996 Casorso, Tracy "Michael Eric Dyson to Speak at FOL 1996 Writers Series" The Friends of the Library's eighth annual North Carolina Writers Series continues on April 16 with cultural critic Michael Eric Dyson, author of _Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture_. Dyson is director of the Institute of African-American Research and professor of communication studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. The lecture will be held at the NC State Faculty Club and begins at 7:30 P.M. It will be followed by a wine-and-dessert reception and autographing session. Guests may bring personal copies of the featured writer's works. Books will also be available for purchase at each event. Tickets are $9. Special discount prices are available for Friends of the Library members and NC State students. For information, call ext. 5-2841, or stop by the Friends' office, Room 1137, in the D. H. Hill Library.