11/04/2009 7:30 pm
11/04/2009 9:00 pm
Event: The Rosemont Reading Series
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Location: McShain Performing Arts Center, Rosemont College
1400 Montgomery Ave.
Rosemont
Fee: Free
Information: Randall Brown, Director of Creative Writing and English Literature, 610.527.0200, ext. 2346
Description: The kick-off event for the Rosemont Reading Series, authors Sherrie Flick and Laura van den Berg will offer a public reading of their selected work followed by a question and answer session, and book signing.
Sherrie Flick’s debut novel, Reconsidering Happiness, was published by University of Nebraska Press. I Call This Flirting, her awarding-winning chapbook of flash fiction, was published in 2004 (Flume Press). Her work appears in the anthologies Flash Fiction Forward (Norton) and New Sudden Fiction (Norton), as well as You Have Time For This (Ooligan Press).
Laura van den Berg first collection of stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (Dzanc Books, October 2009), was the winner of the Dzanc Prize. Her fiction has appeared in One Story, Boston Review, American Short Fiction, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, Best New American Voices 2010, and The Pushcart Prize XXIV: Best of the Small Presses. Most recently, she was selected by Barnes & Noble for their Discover Great New Writers Program.
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Founded in 1921 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Rosemont College is a private, coeducational institution in the Catholic educational tradition that—through close mentoring, excellent academic support, and student life service—focuses on nurturing the strengths of each student. Located on the Main Line, 11 miles west of Philadelphia, on the border of Montgomery and Delaware Counties, the nationally-acclaimed, traditional Undergraduate College confers B.A., B.S., and B.F.A. degrees in twenty-two majors. Rosemont College also includes the Schools of Graduate and Professional Studies, which are open to both women and men. For more information, visit www.rosemont.edu.
