Tuesday, January 11, 2000

WILMINGTON, NC ­ Clyde Edgerton, distinguished visiting professor in creative writing at UNCW, will present a reading with musical interludes at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 21, in Kenan Auditorium, followed by a reception and book signing. This event, sponsored by The King's Road Writers Series, is free and open to the public.

A piano player and member of The Tarwater Band, Edgerton will include music interspersed with readings from his novels The Floatplane Notebooks; Killer Diller; In Memory of Junior; Where Trouble Sleeps and his forthcoming novel tentatively titled Fat From Shame, which is a sequel to Killer Diller.

"Clyde is a first-class educator," said Mark Cox, chair of the UNCW Creative Writing Department. "The students in his novel-writing workshops and a short story courses benefit from a wealth of writing and publishing experience, including adapting novels for film and stage ­ which he did with Raney, Walking Across Egypt and The Floatplane Notebooks."

Edgerton holds a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill where he also taught literature and creative writing.

Developed to offer quality literary events to the Wilmington community, The King's Road Writers Series is made possible through generous funding from The King's Road which offers cards, stationery, and gifts in Barclay Commons at the corner of Shipyard and Independence Boulevard near Henry's.

For more information, contact UNCW's Creative Writing Department at 910/962-7063.