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��±�’s Talking in the Library lecture series presents Christopher Castellani, author and artistic director of , one of the nation’s leading creative writing centers, on October 16, 2019 at 4:30 pm in the Mary Tefft White Cultural Center.

Christopher is on the faculty and academic board of the  and the , and is the author of several critically acclaimed novels including:

• A Kiss from Maddalena (Algonquin Books, 2003)—winner of the Massachusetts Book Award in 2004
• The Saint of Lost Things (Algonquin, 2005), a BookSense (IndieBound) Notable Book
• All This Talk of Love (Algonquin, 2013), a New York Times Editors’ Choice and finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award

Castellani will be reading from and discussing his latest novel, Leading Men, a novel about Tennessee Williams and his lover Frank Merlo, which the New York Times called “blazing” and an “alert, serious, sweeping novel."

For more information about Christopher, visit our .

Date: October 16, 2019

Time: 4:30PM

Place: Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library