October 6, 2009 | 7 p.m.
Boxwood Room, Conference Center

Scott Russell Sanders is the author of more than 20 books, including "A Conservationist Manifesto," "A Private History of Awe," "Writing from the Center," and "Hunting for Hope." He has received the Lannan Literary Award, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Great Lakes Book Award, the Kenyon Review Literary Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award and other honors. He has received support from the Lilly Endowment, the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Since 1971, he has taught at Indiana University, where he is a Distinguished Professor of English.

This event is co-sponsored by the Writers Series.