May 29, 2012, Tuesday - Talk of the Stacks with Richard Ford at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks: Richard Ford

Richard Ford is the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of Independence Day, The Sportswriter and The Lay of the Land. Ford also has written three collections of short fiction and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Granta and The New Yorker, among other magazines and journals. His new novel, Canada, is the haunting tale of a 15-year-old boy who, after his parents are imprisoned, is spirited away to the prairie of Saskatchewan by an enigmatic family friend.

Program is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Program begins at 7 PM. Doors open at 6:15 PM. Book sale and signing follow presentation. For more information: 612.543.8107.

A program of Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Premier sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Supporting sponsor: Dorsey and Whitney LLP. Additional support provided by Marquette Hotel, Minn Post and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.