THIBODAUX ā The Fletcher Lecture Series at ¹ū¶³APP will celebrate its 27th anniversary Thursday, Oct. 28, with guest lecturer and novelist Olympia Vernon.
Vernonās lecture ā āTake Up Your Bed and Walk: Reflections of a Young Writerā ā is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session with the author is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the Bollinger Memorial Student Unionās Le Bijou Theater. A pre-lecture reception will begin in the Talbot Theater lobby at 5:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6 in the auditorium.
Vernon, author of āEden,ā āLogic,ā and āA Killing In This Town,ā will be available after the lecture to sign books.
The Fletcher Lecture Series, named after former ¹ū¶³APP department head Marie Fletcher, brings outstanding scholars and writers to ¹ū¶³APP each year. Past presenters include Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Gaines, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sam Pickering and Marilynne Robinson.