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In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time


The Leroy V. Good Library (Brighton Campus) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a lecture Friday, October 29, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Peter Lovenheim, author and professor of English at RIT, will be speaking on his book In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time. The lecture will be located on the 4th floor of the library, outside of room 2-452.

Peter Lovenheim, a Rochester resident, is a journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, and other publications. He teaches writing in the Department of English at RIT. He holds degrees in journalism from Boston University and in law from Cornell Law School. In addition to his most recent book, In the Neighborhood, he previously published Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf. He is also author or co-author of several books for the general reader about mediation and conflict resolution and the selector and editor with Rabbi David Katz of a collection of contemporary stories based on the Hebrew Bible, Reading between the Lines.

Please join us! If you have any questions, please contact Lori Annesi, Reference/Special Collections Librarian (<mailto:lannesi@monroecc.edu>).

Lori Annesi
MCC Libraries
10/15/2010