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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">We are excited to announce our Fall 2015 Author:
Ann Patchett. She will appear on Sunday, October 4 at 7:pm at the Alpena High
School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Library, or online
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face="Times New Roman"> Ann Patchett is a celebrated author, a devoted reader
and a champion of literary culture. She has written seven books and is a
frequent contributor to many publications, including The New York Times,
Atlantic Monthly and The Wall Street Journal. <SPAN class=text_exposed_show>She
has served on the board of the Nashville Public Library Foundation and in 2011,
when the last of Nashville's bookstores had been shuttered; Ann declared "I have
no interest in living in a city without a bookstore." And so, in November of
that year she opened Parnassus Books, a new refuge for the written word in the
old "Athens of the South."</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">In 2012 TIME named Ann one of the 100 Most
Influential People in the World for her efforts on behalf of the literary
community. Writing of her friend on the occasion of that event, novelist
Elizabeth Gilbert described Ann as "a woman of wisdom, determination, generosity
and courage."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ann published her first story in The Paris
Review while still a student at Sarah Lawrence College. Bel Canto, her fourth
novel, was published in 2001 and was awarded the Orange Prize and the
PEN/Faulkner Award. The world-renowned Lyric Opera Company of Chicago has
commissioned a production based on that novel that will premiere in 2015.
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Her most recent novel State of Wonder was
published in 2011. The Washington Post called that book "the smartest, most
exciting novel of the summer" and Library Journal described it as "superbly
rendered." State of Wonder will be our Community Read book this year. Ann is
also the author of two works of nonfiction including Truth & Beauty, which
won the Heartland Prize for Nonfiction in 2004.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more information contact</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Eric
Magness-Eubank<BR>Library Director <BR>Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public
Library<BR>emeacl@alpenalibrary.org<BR>989.356.6188 ex
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