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11/3/08

Jennifer Egan At SLU For Writers Series

CANTON - Jennifer Egan, author of the novel The Keep, will speak and read from recent work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, November 13, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, open to the public free of charge, is part of the St. Lawrence Writers Series.

The Keep was named a "notable book" by the New York Times. Egan also wrote Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award; The Invisible Circus; and the short-story collection Emerald City and Other Stories. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's and Ploughshares, and she has also written non-fiction pieces for the New York Times Magazine. Egan is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Guggenheim fellowship.

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

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