NEW PALTZ — The Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library at the State University of New York at New Paltz will host a book signing and free public lecture with novelist and essayist Francine Prose, author of “Reading Like a Writer,” on Thursday, April 17, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 102.
Prose will lecture on “Reading Like a Writer,” and will inspire readers and writers alike with an inside look at how professionals read and write. Prose has published 12 novels, including: “A Changed Man”; “Blue Angel”; “Hunters and Gatherers”; and “Household Saints.” Nonfiction works include: “Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles”; and “The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired.”
Following the lecture, the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library will host a Donor Recognition Reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Sojourner Truth Library.
Please register by April 10 by calling (845) 257-3719 or e-mailing stepherm@newpaltz.edu.
The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library, Campus Auxiliary Services and Sodexho Food Services.
