More FYI ... DC Begin forwarded message: From: Eric Bosse <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: October 2, 2012 9:10:38 AM CDT To: "Chester, Deborah A." <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Major Contemporary Author Reading at OU Thank you so much. I'm not sure who attended, but there were many students present whom I had not met before. Perhaps your students would also be interested in the open mic we (OU Write Club) put on every other Thursday at Second Wind Coffee Shop at 8 p.m. We're on this week, and everyone's invited. Thanks for your time. Eric Bosse On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Chester, Deborah A. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I did pass on the information to my students last week. Thanks for the notification. I hope some of them attended. D. Chester On Oct 1, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Eric Bosse wrote: Hello! I wrote to you last week (below) and wanted to follow up with a reminder that the George Saunders reading happens tonight. I hope you can join us and share the news with your students! Eric Bosse Expository Writing On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Eric Bosse <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear OU Professional Writing Faculty: This may interest your students and colleagues. Satirist, short story writer, and essayist George Saunders will give a free, public reading at OU<https://www.facebook.com/events/194163254049346/> on Monday, October 1 (8 p.m., Sam Noble Museum). George Saunders<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Saunders> is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, GQ, and Harpers. He is also the best-selling, award-winning author of three story collections (CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,<http://www.amazon.com/CivilWarLand-Bad-Decline-George-Saunders/dp/1573225797> Pastoralia<http://www.amazon.com/Pastoralia-George-Saunders/dp/1573228729>, and In Persuasion Nation<http://www.amazon.com/In-Persuasion-Nation-George-Saunders/dp/159448922X>), a novella (The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil)<http://www.amazon.com/The-Brief-Frightening-Reign-Phil/dp/1594481520>, a book of essays (The Braindead Megaphone<http://www.amazon.com/The-Braindead-Megaphone-George-Saunders/dp/159448256X>), and a children's story (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip<http://www.amazon.com/The-Very-Persistent-Gappers-Frip/dp/0375503838>). In 2006 he received both a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His new collection of stories, Tenth of December<http://www.amazon.com/Tenth-December-Stories-George-Saunders/dp/0812993802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348450846&sr=1-1&keywords=george+saunders+tenth+of+december>, will be released in January. Mr. Saunders will read from that book and will be available afterward to talk and sign books. The event also features a reading from OU Media Arts student Matthew Kaney, a frequent and beloved reader at the OU Write Club<https://www.facebook.com/pages/OU-Write-Club/115586385183888> open mic series. The flyer for this event and another for the entire Writing Life Reading Series<http://www.ou.edu/content/expo/DreamCourseEvents.html> are attached. Thank you for your time, and I hope we'll see you at the reading, too. Sincerely, Eric Bosse Expository Writing Deborah Chester John Crain Presidential Professor Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication 395 W. Lindsey Street Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-4192<tel:%28405%29%20325-4192> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Deborah Chester John Crain Presidential Professor Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication 395 W. Lindsey Street Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-4192 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>