Frederick Busch Will Speak Nov. 3-4 as Part of River City Writers Series
For release: October 25, 2004
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

The University of Memphis River City Writers Series will welcome author Frederick Busch for a trio of events Nov. 3-4, all free and open to the public.

Busch will hold a reading Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center, Room 123. A book signing and refreshments will follow.

On Thursday, Nov. 4, he will meet with students at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall, Room 456. He will teach a writing workshop at 3 p.m. that day in Patterson Hall, Room 403.

Busch is the author of more than 26 volumes of short stories, novels, and other works, including The Night Inspector, Girls, The Children in the Woods and Harry and Catherine: A Love Story. He has received Guggenheim, NEA, and Woodrow Wilson fellowships.

The River City Writers series is sponsored jointly by the Student Activities Council, the English Department, the Creative Writing Club, Sigma Tau Delta, the Hohenberg Foundation, Deborah Talbot, Academic Enrichment Funds, Public Service Funds, and Friends of the University Libraries.

For more information, call 678-2651 or go online to www.memphis.edu/rivercitywriters.

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