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Texas Novelist Kicks-Off Spring Writers In Performance Series at Lone Star College-Montgomery

Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Writers in Performance series will kick off its spring installment with award-winning Dallas novelist, Ben Fountain, on Thursday, February 18, at 7 p.m., in the LSC-Montgomery library (Building F).  

Fountain has garnered some of the nation’s most coveted awards including the O. Henry Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, and the PEN/Hemingway Award.  He was formally a writer of short fiction until his first novel, The Texas Itch, was published last year.

Fountain’s Brief Encounters with Che Guevara was awarded the PEN/Hemingway Award for a distinguished first book of fiction, as well as the prestigious $50,000 Whiting Award. Fountain has also been honored with Barnes & Noble’s “Discover Great New Writers Award.”

The goal of the Writers in Performance series is to bring thought-provoking literature and cultural diversity to the campus of LSC-Montgomery and the surrounding community. The series’ events are made possible by the partnership between the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council, LSC-Montgomery Library, the Conroe Commission on the Arts and Culture, Good Books in the Woods, LSC-Montgomery’s Academy for Lifelong Learning, and SWIRL, LSC-Montgomery’s magazine of student art and writing.

For more information, contact Dave Parsons, professor of English at LSC-Montgomery, at (936) 524-6537 or David.M.Parsons@lonestar.edu.

LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call (936) 273-7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery.

Lone Star College System consists of five colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, and LSC-Tomball, six centers, LSC-University Center, LSC-University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. With more than 62,000 students in credit classes this spring, LSCS is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and third largest community college system in Texas. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.

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