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Honky Author to Speak Sept. 20

 
 

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (Around 2 years ago)

The public is invited to hear Dalton Conley, author of Honky, speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College. Honky is this year’s Gustavus Reading in Common book as well as the featured book for the Unity in Community—St. Peter Reads program. This event is free.

During Conley’s visit to St. Peter, he will also attend several discussions on Monday, Sept.18: at 9 a.m. at the St. Peter Food Co-op; at 12 p.m. at the St. Peter Community Center; and at 7 p.m. at Waldo’s Coffee Company. There will also be a dinner and discussion preceding the event at Christ Chapel on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The dinner will be held at 5 p.m. at Whiskey River; advance reservations are required.

Dalton Conley is University Professor and Chair of Sociology at New York University. He is author of several books focusing on race and socioeconomic issues, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon.com, and Feed Magazine.

For more information, please contact Judy Schultz at (507)933-6017 or at jdschult@gustavus.edu.

Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn., that prepares 2,500 undergraduates for lives of leadership, service, and lifelong learning. The oldest Lutheran college in Minnesota, Gustavus was founded in 1862 by Swedish immigrants and named for Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. At Gustavus, students receive personal attention in small-sized classes and engage in collaborative research with their professors. Fully accredited and known for its strong science, writing, music, athletics, study-abroad, and service-learning programs, Gustavus hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference®.

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