What: Alex Lemon will read from his best-selling book, Happy: A Memoir. He is at Macalester as part of the ACTC (Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities) Visiting Writer Series which invites accomplished authors to the Twin Cities for week-long residencies. Five times a year, host schools feature visiting authors in public readings. In addition, the writers share wisdom and knowledge with students from all five colleges in classroom visits and in private conferences.
Who: Lemon, who graduated from Macalester in 2000, teaches at Texas Christian University.
When: Monday, October 25, 2010 – 7 pm
Where: Macalester College
Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Contact: Barbara K. Laskin, Macalester College, 651-696-6451
October 14 2010
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