<div dir="ltr">Please post for your patrons and for your own interest.<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A
Rally of Writers </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saturday, April 6, 2019</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conference Center, LCC West Campus</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A Rally of Writers announces William Langford as keynoter for
the 32^nd annual writers’ conference to be held on April 6, 2019. “Will
the Poet” is an award-winning performance artist, a Fulbright scholar, and a
doctoral candidate at MSU, who will open the conference with “And Each One A
Griot.” Also featured are 13 breakout sessions full of memoir and mystery,
magic and self-editing, writing your life in essay and poetry, finding truth
for YA angst and children and long-ago stories. Presenters, published Michigan
writers or professionals, include Will Langford, Mardi Link, Lev Raphael, Dennis
Hinrichsen, Landis Lain, Jan Shoemaker, Ruth McNally Barshaw, Dedria Humphries
Barker, John Smolens, and Sarah Zettel. An editors’ panel with Louise Ahern,
Nancy Feldbush, and Ken Zahrt will end the day. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cost: $90 ($50 students) in advance. ($105/$60, at the door)
Lunch $15. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">More information: <i><a href="http://arallyofwriters.com">arallyofwriters.com</a></i>
or 517-899-3281.</span></p>

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in part by the MSU Press, the U-M Press, Lansing Community College, and the
Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Linda Peckham                     </span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:peckhammorris@yahoo.com" style="color:blue">peckhammorris@yahoo.com</a></span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://arallyofwriters.com">arallyofwriters.com</a></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">517.899.3281</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Lise Mitchell, Director</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson Street</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div> </div><div><a href="mailto:gladldirector@gmail.com" target="_blank">gladldirector@gmail.com</a> </div><div>517-622-3550 direct</div><div>517-627-7014 Library</div><div>517-627-6276 fax</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>