THIBODAUX 鈥� The Fletcher Lecture Series at 杏吧传媒 will celebrate its 27th anniversary Thursday, Oct. 28, with guest lecturer and novelist Olympia Vernon.
Vernon鈥檚 lecture 鈥� 鈥淭ake Up Your Bed and Walk: Reflections of a Young Writer鈥� 鈥� is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session with the author is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union鈥檚 Le Bijou Theater. A pre-lecture reception will begin in the Talbot Theater lobby at 5:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6 in the auditorium.
Vernon, author of 鈥淓den,鈥� 鈥淟ogic,鈥� and 鈥淎 Killing In This Town,鈥� will be available after the lecture to sign books.
The Fletcher Lecture Series, named after former 杏吧传媒 department head Marie Fletcher, brings outstanding scholars and writers to 杏吧传媒 each year. Past presenters include Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Gaines, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sam Pickering and Marilynne Robinson.