Final Thursday Reading Series

FINAL THURSDAY READING SERIES

Thursday, August 30, 2007
Vibe Coffee House
Cedar Falls

Book Release Reading by
Ralph James Savarese

Welcome to lucky year seven of the Final Thursday Reading Series! Signup for the open mic begins @ 7 p.m. on a first come, first served basis. Limited slots are available, so readers are encouraged to sign up early and read your best five minutes of poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. Singer-songwriters are also welcome. The open mic begins at 7:30 p.m. The featured reader takes the stage between 8:00 and 8:30 (depending on how many open mic readers there are). After the reading, there will be a brief question and answer session.

Ralph James Savarese is the author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption, which Newsweek described as a "real life love story and an urgent manifesto for the rights of people with neurological disabilities." His poems, essays, articles, translations, and opinion pieces have appeared, among other places, in American Poetry Review, Sewanee Review, Southwest Review, Southern Poetry Review, New England Review, Another Chicago Magazine, Modern Poetry In Translation, Prose Studies, Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, the New York Times, the LA Times, the Atlanta Constitution Journal, the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, the Cincinnati Post, and the Gainesville Sun. He recently discussed his new book on The Diane Rehm Show (NPR), The Exchange (IPR), Live from Prairie Lights (IPR), and WNBC in New York. He teaches American literature, creative writing, and disability studies at Grinnell College.

Vibe is located at 909 W. 23rd St. in Cedar Falls on the second floor of Bought again Books. Persons needing access accommodation should call 266-7115 by the day before the event. For more information, contact Jim O'Loughlin.