This is a truly major event here in Athens, and the word is only just getting around about it now. If you know Vollmann and his work, you know it's a must-see, and if you don't, it's about time you found out. Below is the press release with all the gory details, but I'll extract the vital info for you here:
Friday, 2/15 -- 4pm symposium in Peabody 115 for faculty and graduate students, 7pm reading in Instructional Learning Plaza North, N106 (my, but that just trips off the tongue!) for all and sundry. The auditorium for the evening reading is adjacent to the Journalism School building.
And here's the full-on press release:
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN COMES TO ATHENS
William T. Vollmann, one of the nation’s most prolific and provocative writers, will visit the University of Georgia campus in Athens next week. On Friday, February 15th, he has two events planned: an afternoon symposium/question and answer session and an evening reading.
The symposium takes place at 4pm in Peabody 115 and is designed for interested faculty and graduate students, and the reading is at 7pm in Instructional Learning Plaza North, room N106. Both events are free, and the evening reading is approved by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences as “blue card” events for UGA undergraduates.
William T. Vollmann is a novelist and journalist of great range and acclaim. Beginning with his first novel, 1987's You Bright and Risen Angels, he has published seventeen books which include historical and contemporary fiction, a 3,400 page treatise on violence, short story collections, reportage, and even a biography on Copernicus, Uncentering the Earth. A hot-commodity on the literary scene since winning the National Book Award in Fiction for 2005's Europe Central, Mr. Vollmann is also the recipient of the Whiting Award, the Shiva Naipaul Award, PEN/Faulkner Award. Most recently The American Academy of Arts and Letters selected him for the Strauss Living Award in Literary Excellence.
In addition to these books, he has also published the nonfiction titles Rising Up and Rising Down, Poor People, An Afghanistan Picture Show, and the just-released Riding Toward Everywhere; the novels The Atlas, Argall, The Royal Family, The Rifles, Fathers and Crows, Whores for Gloria, and The Ice-Shirt; and the short story collections The Rainbow Stories, 13 Stories and 13 Epitaphs, and Butterfly Stories. His work has also appeared in many of the nation’s finest literary magazines.
Vollmann’s visit to Athens is jointly sponsored by the Departments of Religion, English, and Journalism, as well as by The Georgia Review and the President’s Venture Fund. Both events are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Jordan Rothacker at 706-621-0731/ jordanr@uga.edu, or David Ingle at 542-0397/ingle.david@gmail.com
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