NEWS RELEASE

 

Nassau Community College Presents

Literature Live! A Reading by Novelist & Essayist Dan Josefson 

 

October 29 

For Immediate Release – October 20, 2014

Garden City, NY –Who: Novelist and Essayist Dan Josefson

What: As part of Nassau Community College's Literature Live! series, Dan Josefson, will read from his well-received debut novel That's Not a Feeling, a fantasy story about a boarding school in upstate New York. Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards, a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly, his parents are gone, and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. Sixteen years old, a two-time failed suicide, Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of morning meds, popped privileges, candor meetings and cartoon brunches — all run by adults who themselves have yet to really come of age.

When: Wednesday, October 29 at 12:30 p.m.

Where: The Bradley Hall Ballroom on the campus of Nassau Community College

Why: Nassau Community College's Literature, Live! reading series brings to campus renowned writers from around the world to read their work and meet with NCC students and members of the community for Q&A sessions, workshops and master classes. All readings are free and open to the public.

Media Contact: Alicia Steger516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

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