The Friends of the City College Library
CCNY MA Program in Creative Writing
and
The Simon H. Rifkind Center for the Humanities and Arts at CCNY
Cordially invite you to the

3rd Annual William Matthews Memorial Reading

featuring Russell Banks Monday, April 10th, 4 p.m.

Growing up in New England, award-winning novelist Russell Banks draws inspiration for his writing from his working class roots and experiences in the region's small towns, hard hit by economic decline.

A prolific writer of fiction, his titles include: Searching for Survivors, Family Life, Hamilton Stark, The New World, The Book of Jamaica, Trailerpark, The Relation of My Imprisonment, Continental Drift, Success Stories, Affliction, Rule of the Bone, The Sweet Hereafter and CloudSplitter.

Both The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction have been made into major motion pictures, and three more of his works will soon follow. Mr. Banks' newest novel, The Angel on the Roof, is due for release in June.

Mr. Banks has taught at Columbia University and NYU, among others.

Reception to follow

Cohen Library, Archives, 5th Floor/NAC

This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact the Chief Librarian's Office
at 650-7271 or the Rifkind Center at 650-7367.