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4/19/99

NOVELIST TIM O'BRIEN PART OF SLU WRITERS SERIES

CANTON - Tim O'Brien, a writer known for his compelling depictions 
of the Vietnam war, will speak and read from his recent work in an 
appearance at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, April 28, at 
8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. His appearance 
is the final event in the St. Lawrence Writers Series, and it is 
open to the public, free of charge.
	O'Brien recently published his first comic novel, Tomcat in 
Love. He is the author of the 1978 National Book Award winner in 
fiction, Going After Cacciato, as well as the 1990 book The Things 
They Carried, named one of the year's best by The New York Times. 
O'Brien's 1994 novel In The Lake of the Woods was named the best of 
the year by Time magazine and won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize 
from the Society of American Historians.
	Other books by O'Brien include If I Die In A Combat Zone, 
Northern Lights and The Nuclear Age. His short stories have appeared 
in numerous magazines and anthologies. He has been awarded fellowships 
from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
	For information, contact the English department at 
(315) 229-5125.

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