Additional authors announced for Celebration of Books at OSU-Tulsa

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

(September 16, 2008  TULSA, OK) – The line-up of writers and artists scheduled to appear at the Celebration of Books at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa this month just keeps getting better.
 
The university’s Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers will kick off the Celebration with “An Evening with Tracy Letts and Mitch Albom” at the Chapman Music Hall in Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26.
 
The Celebration continues Saturday, Sept. 27 with a day of panel discussions, writing workshops, presentations, live interviews and book signings at OSU-Tulsa.
 
Highlights for Saturday include one-on-one public interviews with “Golden Girls” actress Rue McClanahan and veteran journalist Roger Mudd; a special tribute to the television series, “Saving Grace,” featuring Executive Producer Nancy Miller and actor Leon Rippy; an inside look at the film industry with legendary producers Gray Fredrickson (“Godfather II”) and Doug Claybourne (“Nights in Rodanthe”).
 
For those with a passion for writing, the schedule includes workshops with award-winning authors Nancy Pickard and Rilla Askew; a publishing forum with New York literary agents Mary Evans and Meredith Bernstein; and panel discussions with many of the country's leading artists such as Oprah Book Club authors Billie Letts and Robert Morgan.
 
The Celebration will conclude with a grand finale featuring Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne, author of the popular Sweet Potato Queen novel and advice books on love, divorce and cooking.
 
For a full Celebration schedule, visit the Oklahoma Poets and Writers web site at poetsandwriters.okstate.edu .
 
Tickets for the entire Celebration, including “An Evening with Tracy Letts and Mitch Albom,” are $45 and may be purchased by calling 918-594-8215. Full-time teachers and students may attend the Saturday sessions for free, but still need to register.
 
Tickets for “An Evening with Tracy Letts and Mitch Albom” may be purchased separately for $20 by calling 918-596-7111 or visiting www.myticketoffice.com .
 
OSU-Tulsa is located at 700 North Greenwood Avenue, near I-244 and Detroit Avenue.