{"id":7325,"date":"2014-02-09T22:37:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T03:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=7325"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:35:55","slug":"writer-stewart-onan-speak-participate-events-week-feb-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=7325","title":{"rendered":"Writer Stewart O\u2019Nan to speak, participate in events week of Feb. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7359\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/ONan_Stewart-press-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7359\" alt=\"Stewart O'Nan\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/ONan_Stewart-press-photo-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stewart O&#8217;Nan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Writer <a href=\"http:\/\/stewart-onan.com\/\">Stewart O\u2019Nan<\/a>, whose novels, short stories, nonfiction and screenplays all paint a portrait of American life, will speak Feb. 27 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will also participate in other events.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2014 Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, O\u2019Nan will present a free public reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Genome Sciences Building auditorium. Free parking is available in the Bell Tower parking deck after 5 p.m. The talk is sponsored by the department of English and comparative literature in UNC\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Additional free events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feb. 24: Screening of \u201cSnow Angels,\u201d movie based upon O\u2019Nan\u2019s book of the same name. 5 p.m., Varsity Theater, Chapel Hill.<\/li>\n<li>Feb. 26: \u201cBaseball: The Great American Story,\u201d a panel discussion featuring O\u2019Nan; Mike Fox, Carolina\u2019s baseball coach;\u00a0Gabby Calvocoressi, poet and catcher emeritus; and William Leuchtenburg, distinguished professor emeritus and baseball fan. 3:30 p.m., Hyde Hall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O\u2019Nan\u2019s work has twice been cited as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Salon magazine has called him \u201cour best working novelist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Nan has written on a variety of topics, including indelible portraits of soldiers in Vietnam; the rants of a spree-killing, love-sick speed queen on death row; tender accounts of middle-age love and marriage; and devastating circus fires.<\/p>\n<p>His short novel, \u201cLast Night at the Lobster\u201d (2008), deals with the last night of a Red Lobster franchise, where he illuminates the lives of the beleaguered manager, his girlfriend and lover, the struggling waitresses, the no-show cooks and customers. In \u201cFaithful\u201d (2005), which he wrote with Stephen King, Nan\u2019s passion for baseball shines as he chronicles the 2004 season of the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2call_action\" id=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2call_action\">\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_info\"><span class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_callcredit\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_free\">Free via Skype<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer Stewart O\u2019Nan, whose novels, short stories, nonfiction and screenplays all paint a portrait of American life, will speak Feb. 27 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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