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Friends of the
Florida State University Libraries

1999/2000 Events
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All programs will be held at 7:30 P.M. at the Westmister House, Presbyterian University Center, unless specified otherwise.  An informal question and answer session, followed by refreshments will follow each program.  All programs are open to the public.

  • Monday, September 13, 1999-
    "A SPECIAL TREAT: A READING FROM HIS FICTION." 
    Mark Winegardner, Dept. of English, FSU.
  • Monday, October 11, 1999-
    "WHAT WE MIGHT LEARN FROM THE SHAPE OF THE RIVER"
    Lee Jones, College of Education, FSU.
  • Monday, November 15, 1999-
    "P.R.!"

    Beth Switzer, WFSU Television.
  • Monday, January 24, 2000-
    "MRS. BEETON'S DOMESTIC POLICY"

    Barry Faulk, Dept. of English, FSU.
  • Monday, February 7, 2000-
    "THE FEMALE SLAVE IN NOVELS OF NAT TURNER SLAVE REVOLT"
     
    Mary Kemp Davis, Dept. of English, FAMU.
  • Monday, March 20, 2000-
    "STIFLING LAUGHTER, OR, A BRIEF, UP-CLOSE ACCOUNT OF WRITING ABOUT CENSORSHIP IN REAL PEOPLES LIVES"

    Claudia Johnson, Screenwriter in Residence, FSU Film School and recipient of the first PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award.
  • Monday, April 10, 2000- 7:00 P.M.
    Eighteenth Annual Friends of the Library Banquet:
    "THE BOOK THAT HAS MOST INFLUENCED MY LIFE--LATELY"

    Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, President, FAMU.
  • Coming in the Fall of 2000-
    "A SPECIAL TREAT: A READING FROM HER FICTION."

    Mary Jane Ryals, Writing Instructor at the FSU College of Business and author of A Messy Job I Never Did See a Girl Do.

To suggest speakers for future programs and to see copies of the Friends' 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 series of speakers, contact Vice President and Program Chair, Dennis Moore, dmoore@english.fsu.edu

Free Parking is available North of the Westminster House, Presbyterian University Center, (Off Copeland) for meetings scheduled at the Westminster House, located at the corner of Park and Cropland.


For more information contact:
Dennis Moore
dmoore@english.fsu.edu

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Last Updated: August 13, 2002
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