Thursday, September 14, 2000

WILMINGTON, NC -- Novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard will read from new work at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Morton Hall, Bryan Auditorium.

Gerard, who joined the Creative Writing Faculty in 1989, and was instrumental in establishing the MFA program, has authored three novels Hatteras Light, Cape Fear Rising and Desert Kill, as well as three books of nonfiction, Writing a Book That Makes a Difference, Brilliant Passage...A Schooning Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life. In addition, he has scripted 11 documentary programs for public television and has written more than 150 commentaries for public radio, some of which were heard on "All Things Considered."

This event is sponsored by UNCW s Creative Writing Department and is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow.

For further information, please contact the Creative Writing Department at 910-962-7063.