The Lipscomb University Landiss Lecture Series
presents author Janisse Ray on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 108 of the
Swang Center, 3901 Granny White Pike, Nashville.
The 2001-02 Landiss Series begins with “Ecology of a Cracker
Childhood” featuring Ray. Her book Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, winner of
the American Book Award, is an amazing interweaving of personal memoir and
natural history. In a language both elegiac and informative, she redeems two
Souths: her world perceived from a childhood in a junkyard in south Georgia,
where she boasted relatives as colorful as any fictional imaginations, and
the world of the natural beauty of the longleaf pine forests, a threatened
ecosystem. A naturalist, environmental activist and writer, Ray lives on a
farm in rural South Georgia and is a nature commentator for Georgia Public
Radio.
Admission is free. The lecture is open to the public and everyone is
invited to attend.
For more information, call 279.5837 or 800.333.4358, ext. 5837,
e-mail Carolyn.Wilson@lipscomb.edu or visit Lipscomb University’s website atwww.lipscomb.edu.
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