Source: Karin Westman, 785-532-2190, westmank@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Rosie Hoefling, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu

Friday, Sept. 10, 2010

K-STATE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SPONSORING FREE AUTHOR, FACULTY READINGS

MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University department of English 1xbet online sports betting offer several presentations by acclaimed authors and K-State faculty and students in September and October.

All events are free and open to the public. They include:

* Michael Weinreb, sportswriter and freelance journalist, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. Weinreb will read from his recently released book &1xbet online sports betting ;Bigger than the Game: Bo, Boz, the Punky QB and How the '80s Created the Modern Athlete,&1xbet online sports betting ; which combines essay writing and reporting to trace the evolution of athletes due to the influences of society. A book signing will follow the reading.

* Poetry on Poyntz, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, downtown Manhattan. Join various English department faculty and students as they gather to read pieces of their literary work.

* Dana Johnson, fiction writer, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the Union Little Theater. Johnson's debut collection of stories, &1xbet online sports betting ;Break Any Woman Down,&1xbet online sports betting ; earned her the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Praised for her vibrant portraits of race, class and gender, her stories have appeared in many anthologies, including &1xbet online sports betting ;Shaking the Tree: A Collection of Fiction and Memoir by Black Women,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: 26 Stories of Love Gone Wrong&1xbet online sports betting ; and &1xbet online sports betting ;California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century.&1xbet online sports betting ; Johnson will read from various pieces of her work at the event and a book signing will follow.

* M. T. Anderson, a prize-winning author of fiction for young adults, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Forum Hall at the Union. Anderson has been recognized for his historical fiction, including &1xbet online sports betting ;The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,&1xbet online sports betting ; &1xbet online sports betting ;Traitor to the Nation&1xbet online sports betting ; and &1xbet online sports betting ;The Pox Party,&1xbet online sports betting ; which won the National Book Award and a Printz Honor for literary excellence in young adult literature. The event will include a reading and discussion of his popular futuristic novel &1xbet online sports betting ;Feed,&1xbet online sports betting ; with a book signing to follow.

* Chris Chism, a professor of English at Rutgers University, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in 017 English/Counseling Services Building. An expert on medieval and gender studies, Chism will speak on &1xbet online sports betting ;Mortal Friends in Robin and Gandelyn and the Medieval Robin Hood Ballads.&1xbet online sports betting ;