Kaye Gibbons is Talking Volumes featured author in JanuaryMinneapolis/St. Paul - (January 4, 2006) - Kaye Gibbons and her book, “The Life All Around Me, by Ellen Foster,” is the Talking Volumes featured book for January.” This is the sequel to Gibbons’ bestselling “Ellen Foster.” Now the scrappy protagonist who survived an appalling childhood filled with predatory adults navigates the wide world with wit and wisdom.
Read staff writer Pamela Miller’s interview with Kaye Gibbons in the Star Tribune Jan. 15. And join the audience at the Fitzgerald Theater for the author event, Jan. 26, 7 p.m., as Gibbons talks with Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller.
Dates for upcoming Talking Volumes events:
Feb. 28: "Gilead," by Marilynne Robinson
March 23: "The Burn Journals," by Brent Runyon
April 13: "Saving the World," by Julia Alvarez
Talking Volumes is the regional book club of the Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio and The Loft Literary Center. Author events are recorded for later broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning. Each author is profiled in an article in the Star Tribune and on StarTribune.com, and interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning prior to the event. Original work by Talking Volumes authors also appears in the Loft’s literary magazine, “Speakeasy.”
Ticket prices are $15 per event to the public and $10 per event for members of Talking Volumes, Minnesota Public Radio, or the Loft. Tickets are available from the Fitzgerald Theater box office, 10 East Exchange St., St. Paul, MN (651- 290-1221).
Register free as a Talking Volumes member at www.startribune.com/talkingvolumes. Go to www.minnesotapublicradio.org for Minnesota Public Radio membership information. The Loft Literary Center’s information, and book group discussion guides for current and past Talking Volumes books, are available at www.loft.org.
Contact Pat Adkins
Phone: (612) 673-7572
Email: padkins@startribune.com
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