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Ron Carlson Writes a Story

The Partners of the UCI Libraries and
Gerald J. Munoff, University Librarian Present:

Ron Carlson
Award-winning author and Professor of English, and
Director of the Programs in Writing at UC Irvine

The Creative Process of Writing

October 3, 2007
5:30 pm Program
6:30 pm Book Signing & Reception

Langson Library, UCI campus. Campus map

Professor Carlson will talk about his new book and the process that writers go through to create a story. Praised as "a master of the short story," Carlson is the award-winning author of four short story collections, three novels, including Five Skies, and the just-released, Ron Carlson Writes a Story. Carlson came to UCI in fall of 2006 to serve as the director of the Programs in Writing, known for nurturing writers such as Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon, and best-selling author of The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold. Carlson has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the Cohen Prize at Ploughshares, and a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award.

Information:
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Self parking ($7) available in the Student Center parking structure on the corner of West Peltason and Pereira Drive.

For Registration and information please call (949)824-5300 or email partners@lib.uci.edu


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