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What:
Tony Wolk, professor of English at Portland State University, will read from his novel Lincoln: A Novel Life and also talk about his current writing projects, as a part of PSU's Millar Library's Artists and Writers series. This book is the first publication from Portland State's Ooligan Press.

Wolk's novel tells the story of Abraham Lincoln, suddenly transported from the last days of the Civil War to Evanston, IL, circa 1955. In his brief respite from his duties as president, Lincoln experiences the century he helped define, finds love, and learns something of his own death before returning to his own time in 1865.

When:
Friday, February 11, 2005 at 7 p.m.

Where:
Portland State University's Millar Library, 2nd floor (1875 S.W. Park Ave.)

Cost:
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations of canned food for the Oregon Food Bank can be made at the door.

Contact:
For more information, please contact Kimberly Willson at 503-725-4552.

Background:
Tony Wolk has taught English at Portland State University since 1965, specializing in Renaissance literature, science fiction and creative writing. He has published a number of academic articles and short stories. This is his first published novel.

Ooligan Press is a general trade press at Portland State University that is also dedicated to teaching the art and craft of publishing, applying students and class work to the day-to-day management of a working press. For more information on Ooligan Press, visit http://www.publishing.pdx.edu.