[Yale-readings] Fwd: TODAY: Alison Lurie at Beinecke, 4 pm

[Nancy Kuhl]

>>Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist to read from her works
>>
>>Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie will deliver the Betsy 
>>Beinecke Shirley Lecture in American Children's Literature on Thursday, 
>>April 29.
>>Lurie will speak on "Good Bad Boys: Pinocchio and Tom Sawyer" at 4 p.m. 
>>in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.
>>The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
>>
>>In addition to writing novels, Lurie has published a collection of ghost 
>>stories, "Women and Ghosts"; a book on the psychology of fashion, "The 
>>Language of Clothes"; and a two collection of essays on children's 
>>literature and folklore, "Don't Tell the Grownups" and "Boys and Girls 
>>Forever."
>>
>>Lurie's novel "Foreign Affairs," which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, takes 
>>place in London and relates the adventures of two American academics 
>>abroad. The novel was made into a film for television starring Joanne 
>>Woodward and Brian Denehey. "The Truth About Lorin Jones," which won the 
>>Prix Femina Etranger in France, chronicles the adventures of a biographer 
>>who is researching the life of a famous woman painter.
>>
>>Lurie is also the author of three collections of traditional folktales 
>>for children, and was co-editor of the 73-volume Garland Library of 
>>Children's Classics. Since 1970, she has taught literature, folklore and 
>>writing at Cornell University.
>>
>>For more information: Tim Young 432-8131
>
>Nancy Kuhl
>Assistant Curator, The Yale Collection of American Literature
>The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
>Yale University
>121 Wall Street
>P.O. Box 208240
>New Haven, CT 06520-8240
>Phone: 203.432.2966
>Fax: 203.432.4047
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