Culture Critic Susan Sontag to Discuss Art of Fiction

CONTACT: Philip Montgomery

PHONE:
(713) 831-4792

E-MAIL: pmontgom@rice.edu

CULTURE CRITIC SUSAN SONTAG TO DISCUSS ART OF
FICTION

Susan Sontag, fiction writer,
essayist and cultural critic, will present a lecture titled “The Art of Fiction:
A Reading” at 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, in Stude Concert Hall of Alice Pratt
Brown Hall on the Rice University campus. The event, which is sponsored by The
Friends of Fondren Library, is free and open to the public.

Sontag is the author of two novels, a collection of short
stories, and six collections of essays. She is a frequent contributor to the New
Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The
Atlantic and other publications. Her books have been translated into 23
languages.

Use Entrance 12 from Rice Boulevard or Entrance 8 from
University Blvd. Parking is available in the east stadium lot.

For more information about the event, call The Friends of
Fondren Library at (713) 285-5157.

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