USCB LUNCH WITH AUTHOR SERIES Continuing Education of the University of South Carolina Beaufort
FALL, 2009 - SPRING, 2010
Providing a forum for authors is the initiative that created the “Lunch With Author” series in 2001. Always, the aim has been to combine famous authors with not-so-famous authors (mostly Southern) and hopefully introduce readers to new books and new authors. The books this year are outstanding examples of a variety of genre. With the economy in mind the series price is still $270 for seven luncheons. The added stimulus is that any additional luncheons will be offered to series holders at the same 8% discount they get by buying the series. The Dockside luncheon on January 21 is available only to the first 142 purchasers of the whole series. Only checks will be accepted for the series purchase in order to accurately count the first 142. Series purchasers receive a “series card” with the luncheon schedule printed on it. There are no refunds but you can sell or give your reservation to a friend if you can’t come. There are no tickets as there is a master list at each luncheon where you must check in at the door. All luncheons begin at noon. Reservations are necessary and can be made by calling 843-521-4147 or email kingsley@uscb.edu. Checks should be made out and mailed to: USCB Continuing Education, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort, SC 29902.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Colleton River Plantation Clubhouse, Bluffton
Ethan Canin is what the NY Times calls “a critcally acclaimed marvelous author...one of the most satisfying writers on the contemporary scene.” He is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School, has had four of his books made into movies and currently teaches at one of his alma maters, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Journalist Jill Owens said, “Ethan Canin is the kind of writer that I would imagine makes other writers jealous. He published his first book, Emperor of the Air, at the age of 27 to extraordinary reviews, while he was still a student at Harvard Medical School. The Boston Globe claimed, ‘The stories prove Canin guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of brilliance.’ Another story collection and three novels followed, which won him more critical attention and a growing audience. Canin's newest work, America America, is a sweeping, epic novel that more fully explores themes he has written about previously — class, politics, fatherhood, wealth, and power — in a multigenerational American saga.”