Wisconsin historical writer Rebecca Meacham will talk Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay about her work on a historical novel about the 1871 Peshtigo Fire, which killed from 1,200 to 2,000 people. Meacham’s presentation is part of a UWGB series designed for women, called After Thoughts.
Here are the details:
• Topic: “Fiction’s Burning Questions: Novelists, History and the Creative Spark”
• Presenter: Rebecca Meacham, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay associate professor of creative writing, English and women’s and gender studies
• When: 5-7 p.m. Monday
• Admission: $13;https://secure.qgiv.com/for/afterthoughts/, or check to UWGB Foundation, CL 805, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311; walk-up registration is an option
• Information: (920) 465-2074 or www.facebook.com/afterthoughts.uwgb
Green Bay Gazette story is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120926/GPG04/309260148/Author-Meacham-outlines-spark-led-Peshtigo-Fire-novel?nclick_check=1
Please visit the Council for Wisconsin Writers at www.wiswriters.org