Updated at 2:49 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Novelist, NPR contributor Alan Cheuse speaks Aug. 16
Advertiser Staff
Novelist and National Public Radio book reviewer Alan Cheuse will be in Honolulu this month to speak about writing and lead a workshop.Cheuse will present "Pacific Overtures: Images of Hawai'i and the South Pacific in American Fiction," a free talk at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 in the Yukiyoshi Room of Krauss Hall 012 on the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus. Call 956-8246 for more information.
The author also will lead a workshop on writing dramatic scenes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18 in the university's Webster 103. The cost of the workshop is $225. Call 956-8400 to register.
Cheuse is the author of three novels, three collections of short stories, a memoir and a collection of essays. As a book commentator, Cheuse is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
