BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e5c34966-b7bd-46c1-adf4-115abc5cde8c.179421@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170412T185411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170412T185411Z LOCATION:Craig Hall Coger Theatre SUMMARY:George Hodgman Lecture and Reading DESCRIPTION:George Hodgman\, author of New York Times bestselling memoir B ettyville\, will join us to read from his book and discuss his work. \n\n \nBettyville is described as\, "A witty tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets\, silences and e nduring love." \n\n\nFrom the New York Times review of Bettyville\n\n\n"A remarkable\, laugh-out-loud book... Rarely has the subject of elder care produced such droll human comedy\, or a heroine quite on the mettlesome order of Betty Baker Hodgman. For as much as the book works on several le vels (as a meditation on belonging\, as a story of growing up gay and the psychic cost of silence\, as metaphor for recovery)\, it is the strong-w illed Betty who shines through." \n\n\nAbout George Hodgman (from www.Geo rgeHodgman.com) \n\n\nGeorge Hodgman is a veteran magazine and book edito r who has worked at Simon & Schuster\, Vanity Fair and Talk magazine. His writing has appeared in Entertainment Weekly\, Interview\, W and Harper' s Bazaar\, among other publications. He lives in New York City and Paris\ , Missouri. \n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the following: \n\n\n\nColle ge of Arts and Letters \nCenter for Community Engagement\nMeyer Library \ nMissouri Center for the Book \nDepartment of English \nOffice of Public Affairs Support\nOzarks Studies Institute X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Ge orge Hodgman\, author of New York Times bestselling memoir <em>Bettyville </em>\, will join us to read from his book and discuss his work.&nbsp\;</ p>\n<p><em>Bettyville</em>&nbsp\;<a href="http://georgehodgman.com/books/ bettyville-tr">is described as</a>\, "A witty tender memoir of a son's jo urney home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets\, silences and enduring love."&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><b>From the <em>New York Times</em> r eview of <em>Bettyville</em></b></p>\n<p>"A remarkable\, laugh-out-loud b ook... Rarely has the subject of elder care produced such droll human com edy\, or a heroine quite on the mettlesome order of Betty Baker Hodgman. For as much as the book works on several levels (as a meditation on belon ging\, as a story of growing up gay and the psychic cost of silence\, as metaphor for recovery)\, it is the strong-willed Betty who shines through ."&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>About George Hodgman</strong> (from www.GeorgeH odgman.com)&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>George Hodgman is a veteran magazine and book editor who has worked at Simon &amp\; Schuster\, <em>Vanity Fair</em> and <em>Talk</em> magazine. His writing has appeared in <em>Entertainment We ekly</em>\, <em>Interview</em>\, <em>W</em> and <em>Harper's Bazaar</em>\ , among other publications. He lives in New York City and Paris\, Missour i.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This event is sponsored by the following:&nbsp\;</p>\n< ul>\n<li>College of Arts and Letters&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Center for Communit y Engagement</li>\n<li>Meyer Library&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Missouri Center for the Book&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Department of English&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Office of Public Affairs Support</li>\n<li>Ozarks Studies Institute</li>\n</ul>< /body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170418T203000 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR