Brock Clarke

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4/4/11

Author Of Novel Set In Watertown To Speak At St. Lawrence

CANTON - Author Brock Clarke, whose 2010 novel Exley is set in Watertown, will speak and read from his work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, part of the St. Lawrence Writers Series, is open to the public, free of charge.

Exley concerns the exploits of a nine-year-old boy in Watertown as he searches for renowned author Frederick Exley, the Watertown-based author of the 1968 book A Fan's Notes, which has an almost cult-like following. Clarke's previous novel, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England (2007) also received wide acclaim. His fiction and non-fiction works have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and anthologies, and on National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts." Clarke is a professor of English at Bowdoin College.

For more information, contact the English department at 315-229-5125.

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