The Ames Library is pleased to announce that author Louise Erdrich has been selected for the 8th Annual Ames/Milner Visiting Author Program.
Ms. Erdrich will be on campus the evening of Thursday, October 22nd 2009.
3:00 – 4:00 Presentation and Q and A, Milner Library, Illinois State University
7:30 – 8:30 Presentation, Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
8:30 Book signing, The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University
If you have questions or would like to reserve seats for your class, please contact lduke@iwu.edu.
Louise Erdrich is the author of twelve novels as well as volumes of poetry, children’s books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her debut novel, Love Medicine, won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent novel, The Plague of Doves, a New York Times bestseller, received the highest praise from Philip Roth, who wrote, “Louise Erdrich’s imaginative freedom has reached its zenith—The Plague of Doves is her dazzling masterpiece.” Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/2905/Louise_Erdrich/index.aspx