Author to speak at Elgin Community College

Posted February 12, 2012 11:00 pm

Submitted by ECC

Writer and essayist Tom Montgomery Fate is the next guest of Elgin Community College’s 2011-2012 Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Feb. 16. The free event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the ECC Arts Center, Room VPA 191D, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

Montgomery Fate, a College of DuPage English professor, is the author of five books of nonfiction, including “Beyond the White Noise,” a collection of essays; “Steady and Trembling,” a spiritual memoir; and “Cabin Fever,” a nature memoir. His essays have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Orion, Iowa Review, Fourth Genre, and many other journals and anthologies. His essays also regularly air on National Public Radio and Chicago Public Radio.

A pre-reading dinner with Montgomery Fate will be held at 5:30 p.m.

For reservations, contact Rachael Tecza at rtecza@elgin.edu or (847) 214-7578.

Copies of his work also will be available for sale and signing at the event.

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