Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 2, 2001 -The University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies will host a reading from the anthology, "Woven on the Wind: Women Write About Friendship in the Sagebrush West" from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Great Plains Art Collection in the Christlieb Gallery, 1155 Q St.
The book, published this year by Houghton Mifflin, contains stories, poems and essays by 150 writers from the plains and western United States and Canada, including 12 from Nebraska. Its three editors - Linda Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier and Nancy Curtis - earlier published the highly successful anthology "Leaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West" (Houghton Mifflin, 1997). The event is free and open to the public.
Hasselstrom, Collier and Curtis, all of whom are award-winning writers and ranchers from Wyoming, will provide background on the book and read their own work along with 15 invited contributors. A book signing and reception will follow the reading.
Other writers are Lucy Adkins, Saundra DeRemer, Twyla Hansen and Marjorie Saiser of Lincoln, Julene Bair of Laramie, Wyo., Shannon Dyer of Hyannis, Maureen Tolman Flannery of Evanston, Ill., Kathryn Kelley of Omaha, Laurie Kutchins of Singers Glen, Va., Janelle Masters of Mandan, N.D., Lois Jean Moore of Long Pine, Cindy Prater of Elgin, Candi Red Cloud of Pine Ridge, S.D., Lora K. Reiter of Ottawa, Kan., and Sureva Towler of Lawrence, Kan.
Hansen said "Woven on the Wind" contains "true stories," essays, and poems focusing on women's friendships. James Stubbendieck, director of the Center for Great Plains Studies, said, "In 1997 we hosted a highly successful reading for 'Leaning into the Wind,' and I am pleased that this fall we will present the major reading in this region for 'Woven on the Wind.'"
Sponsors of the reading include the Nebraska Humanities Council, Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies, Friends of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association/Lincoln City Library Foundation, the UNL department of English, Prairie Schooner, UNL Women's Studies, and the UNL College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Program.
For more information, contact the Center for Great Plains Studies in
writing at 1155 Q St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0214, or by telephone, (402)
472-3082; or visit its site on the World Wide Web
(http://www.unl.edu/plains). Lee Booksellers will provide books for sale
at the reading.
For questions regarding these releases, contact:
tsimons1@unl.edu
(402) 472-8514, Fax: (402) 472-7825