Michigan Author Homecoming

WHO: Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane: A Conversation.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10, 2008. Book signing follows discussion. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.

WHERE: Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

COST: Free to the public. Limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

(LANSING)-----On July 10, 2008, the Michigan Humanities Council will host a Michigan Author Homecoming with critically acclaimed authors Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, and Thomas McGuane at the Wharton Center at Michigan State University (MSU). The three authors, icons of contemporary American
literature, are also MSU alumni and will meet together in public for the first time. The event will be a moderated discussion among the literary giants. It will commemorate the conclusion of the 2007-08 Great Michigan Read. It is free and open to the public. The discussion will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by a book signing. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m.

The Michigan Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is a private, non-profit organization funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, please visit www.michiganhumanities.org.