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Author Ellen Akins to speak in Canton Oct. 6

Posted 10/3/11

CANTON - Author Ellen Akins will speak and read from her work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. The event, part of …

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Author Ellen Akins to speak in Canton Oct. 6

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CANTON - Author Ellen Akins will speak and read from her work in an appearance at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall.

The event, part of the University's Writers Series, is open to the public, free of charge.

Akins is the author of four novels, Home Movie, Little Woman, Public Life and Hometown Brew, and the short-story collection World Like a Knife.

She has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation; a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and a Whiting Writer's Award.