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SUMMARY:Lesley University Literary Arts Festival welcomes acclaimed author Augusten Burroughs
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Lesley University Literary Arts Festival welcomes acclaimed author Augusten Burroughs=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441566193=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2012-03-24=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2012-03-24=0D=0A=0D=0AThe second annual Lesley University Literary Arts Festival welcomes renowned author Augusten Burroughs, on Saturday, March 24, at 2 pm in the Sherrill Atrium at Lesley University, for a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session, book signing, and reception.=0D=0A==0D=0A=Augusten Burroughs wrote the acclaimed memoir and New York Times bestseller 'Running With Scissors,' which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin and Gwyneth Paltrow. Named twice to Entertainment Weekly's annual list of the funniest people in America, Burroughs contributes commentaries for National Public Radio's Morning Edition, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The London Times, The Guardian UK, and many other publications. His next book, This is How, Help for the Self, will be released May 8, 2012.=0D=0A==0D=0A=Burroughs will give a reading and keynote address during Lesley's Literary Arts Festival, which will also feature student readings, graphic novels and comics, and a presentation on gender roles and cross-dressing in Shakespeare's plays.=0D=0A==0D=0A=“Augusten Burroughs writes in such a wide variety of genres – novels and memoirs, advertisements and short opinion pieces – that it's very exciting for our students to be able to tap into his experience and expertise to learn about how he's become both commercially and artistically successful,' said Dr. Mary Dockray-Miller, Professor of English at Lesley University.=0D=0A==0D=0A=Free and open to the public, the Literary Arts Festival will be held Saturday, March 24. Burroughs is scheduled to appear at 2 pm in the Sherrill Library Atrium, Lesley University Brattle Campus, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge.=0D=0A==0D=0A=The Lesley University chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, organizes the Literary Arts Festival in collaboration with the Lesley University Alumni Office and the Office of the Provost, as well as a variety of Lesley student organizations.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:2pm
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