04/08/08—Rome Area Writers Meeting

Text Box: The General meeting of the Rome Area Writers will be held in the Etowah Room at the Rome/Floyd Library today 6:00 pm till 8:00

Motto: Writers Helping Writers

Rome Area Writers

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Text Box: Preserving a Legacy: The History and Work of Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians. Join Cathy Fussell for a discussion about author and playwright Carson McCullers. Fussell is the director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of McCullers and nurturing young American writers and musicians. The center also operates a museum in McCullers’ childhood home in Columbus, Ga. The discussion will be held at The Martha Berry Museum on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Due to limited seating reservations are suggested. For more information or to make a reservation call 706-368-6776 or email crouse@berry.edu. Text Box: Elizabeth Strout creates a microcosm of the world in Olive Kitteridge, a series of 13 interlocking tales with the nosy Olive Kitteridge at the center. Crosby, Maine may actually be at the end of the earth, but Strout’s penetrating prose reveals the essence of the human drama in Crosby’s small town ways. As Olive, a retired schoolteacher, watches the townspeople struggle with their problems and triumph in their successes, she begins to learn a few things about herself. Admission is $10. Doors open at 6 pm for a reception-Lecture begins a 7 pm. RSVP: 770-578-3502 or www.gwtw.org

04/08/08 The History and work of Carson McCullers—A Discussion

-04/21/08 Elizabeth Strout, Monday, April 21, 2008, 7 pm.

-04/24/08 Frances Richey, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 7 pm.
Text Box: Frances Richey’s Warrior: A Mother’s Story of a Son at War is an intensely personal and urgent exploration of the daily feelings a mother endures as her child is at war. This nonfiction told through verse also addresses a family’s struggle to overcome ideological differences in the face of a greater cause; for althought Richey does not support the Iraq War, she knows she must accept her son’s choices. Admission is $10. Doors open at 6 pm for a reception—Lecture begins at 7 pm. RSVP: 770-578-3502 or www.gwtw.org