Reading with Lauren Kessler: Raising the Barre

November 30, 2015
7:00 pmto8:00 pm

t5952_books_lkesslert_e-blastGlobal Scholars Great Hall
1710 E. 15th Ave.
UO campus

The UO Bookstore presents a reading, signing and reception with Lauren Kessler, featuring her latest book, Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker. The event also includes a short performance by The Eugene Youth Ballet.

Kessler is a professor in the UO School of Journalism and Communication and the author of seven other books of narrative nonfiction, including the Oregon Book Award winner Stubborn Twig. She is a member of the advisory group for the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium.

Cosponsors  of this reading include the Eugene Ballet Company and the UO Department of Dance.