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Author Michael Perry to offer comment on small-town life

Carole Engblom
October 17, 2002

Author Michael Perry will read from his book Population: 485, Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater. Population: 485 offers a quirky perspective on small-town life as seen through the eyes of its author. After a 12-year absence, writer Michael Perry returns to his hometown, New Auburn, Wisconsin, population 485, and joins the volunteer fire and rescue department. He sets out "to meet my neighbors at the invitation of the fire siren." The emergencies are real, the settings are surreal, and with each foray into the boondocks, Perry pieces together the history of a people and a place.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.