April 12: UDLA annual dinner
Photo by Nina Subin February 01, 2017
Noted book critic Maureen Corrigan to speak at 2017 UDLA dinner
The 2017 annual dinner of the University of Delaware Library Associates will be held on Wednesday, April 12, in Arsht Hall at the University of Delaware in Wilmington. Maureen Corrigan, America’s most trusted and beloved book critic, will be the featured speaker.
Corrigan is the author of two books, Leave Me Alone I’m Reading and So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, the latter which was named one of the 10 best books of the year by Library Journal.
For more than 20 years Corrigan has been the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. She is also a columnist for the Washington Post and the critic-in-residence at Georgetown University, where her courses are very popular. As a lecturer, she’s been described as “brilliant,” “hilarious,” “passionate” and “eloquent.”
Steven Moore of the Washington Post said, “Taking what might be called a holistic approach, she examines Gatsby from every angle: from close readings of the novel’s language (its chief attraction), to biographical matters, to textual history, media reincarnations (movies, plays, homages, event computer games), critical responses and its place in today’s culture…She is also able to provide a historical context for what appear to be anti-Semitism and racism in the novel, and to supply the relevant biographical data to account for Fitzgerald’s ambivalent feelings about America…If you love Gatsby, or want to understand why it deserves such adulation, So We Read On is a gorgeous treat.”
The evening of April 12 will begin with a hospitality hour starting at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 7 p.m. Dinner prices are $130 per person for members of the University of Delaware Library Associates. The price for non-members/guests and lapsed members is $175, and it includes a one-year membership in the UD Library Associates. A table for eight people sitting together can be reserved for $1,600.
All members of the University of Delaware Library Associates were sent a printed invitation in late January. Interested persons may contact the UD Library Associates by sending an email message to UDLA-udlibrary@udel.edu or by calling 302-831-2231 to request a printed invitation along with the provision of the name and first-class mailing address.
A PDF of the invitation is available online. The event is open to the public with a paid dinner reservation.
Corrigan agreed to sign copies of her books during the hospitality hour and after the dinner program. The UD Barnes and Noble Bookstore will have copies of her books available for purchase.
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