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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please join us for the annual Burgess Lecture featuring award-winning author,
<b>Christopher Paul Curtis</b>, on Tuesday, September 24<sup>th</sup>, at 7 p.m. in the Opperman Auditorium, Park Library, Central Michigan University.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In his talk, <i>Making of an Author 101</i>, Christopher Paul Curtis will trace his path to becoming a writer of historical fiction for young people and the importance certain people played along the way.
His novels center on African-American families and tackle tough issues with humor and honesty. This year, he received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Library Association, which recognizes outstanding African-American
authors, illustrators, and practitioners for lasting and significant contributions to youth or young adult literature.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">A reception will follow in the Clarke Historical Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">The David and Eunice Sutherland Burgess Lecture was endowed by the Burgesses to support authors, storytellers, and scholars to visit campus and talk about the enduring importance of storytelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This event is free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">For more information: website
<a href="https://clarke.cmich.edu">https://clarke.cmich.edu</a> , email <a href="mailto:clarke@cmich.edu">
clarke@cmich.edu</a>, phone </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(989) 774-3864</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#6A0032">Carrie Marsh
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Director, Clarke Historical Library<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Central Michigan University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">250 Preston Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mount Pleasant, MI 48859<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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