In conjunction with the
Literature and Sport exhibition,
Don DeLillo,
author of
Underworld,
Pafko at the Wall, and
End
Zone, reads from his work on Thursday, July 25, at 7 p.m. in Jessen
Auditorium in
Homer
Rainey Hall at The University of Texas at Austin. DeLillo’s archive resides
at the Harry Ransom Center.
DeLillo is the author of 15 novels, including
Falling Man,
White
Noise, and
Libra. He has won the National Book Award, the
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize for his complete body of
work, and the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and
Letters, among other honors. This spring he was named the first recipient of the
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Line forms upon
arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.
Members of the Harry Ransom Center receive complimentary parking and priority
entry at this program. Doors open at 6:20 p.m. for members and at 6:30 p.m. for
the general public. Members must present their membership cards for priority
entry; one seat per membership card. Members arriving after 6:30 p.m. will join
the general queue. Complimentary parking for members is available at the
University Co-op garage at 23rd and San Antonio streets.
Stop by the Ransom Center's visitor desk and sign up for eNews between 5 and
6:30 p.m.* on Thursday, July 25 to receive a copy of Don DeLillo’s novel
Underworld. Don DeLillo's reading follows at 7 p.m at Jessen
Auditorium. Materials from the novel are highlighted in the exhibition
Literature and Sport, on view through August 4.
www.hrc.utexas.edu
The Harry Ransom Lectures honor former
University of Texas Chancellor Harry Huntt Ransom and highlight the Ransom
Center’s vital role in the University’s intellectual and cultural life. The
program brings internationally renowned writers, artists, and scholars to Austin
for public events and conversations with University students. The lectures are
made possible by the generous support of the University Co-op.
*While supplies last, one book per
person.
