April 20 - Bret Lott to Speak about Writing and Publishing

The College of Charleston is offering you a unique perspective on the publishing industry. College of Charleston English professor Bret Lott will discuss writing and publishing during a free lecture on April 20. The 3 p.m. lecture will be held in room 227 of the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library.

His talk is part of the series, "The Community of the Book," where campus professors, staff and others discuss book writing.

Lott is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, most recently the novel Ancient Highway, published by Random House in July of 2008. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1984, studying under Jay Neugeboren and James Baldwin.

From 1986 to 2004 Lott was writer-in-residence and professor of English at The College of Charleston, leaving to take the position of editor and director of the journal The Southern Review at Louisiana State University. Three years later, in the fall of 2007, he returned to The College of Charleston and the job he most loves: teaching.

He has spoken on Flannery O'Connor at The White House, was a Fulbright Senior American Scholar and Writer-in-Residence at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board to the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

For information, contact Chris Lamb, professor of Communication at 843.953.6591 or lambc@cofc.edu