Posted by:  Linda Frances Lein, LRWN Board Member

On Thursday, September 2, 2010, author Barbara Ehrenreich will deliver a public lecture at 7:00 p.m. in Festival Concert Hall at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo.  Ehrenreich is a journalist, historian, and social critic, and she is the author of 15 books.

Her book Nickel and Dimed:  On (Not) Getting by in America (2001) became a New York Times bestseller. Over one million copies have been sold.  When researching and writing this book, Ehrenreich attempted to live on minimum wage.

Ehrenreich’s book Bait and Switch (2005) deals with white-collar unemployment, a more prevalent problem in today’s world.  Other books of interest by Ehrenreich include This Land Is Your Their Land (2008) and Bright-sided:  How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (2009).

Mark your calendars to hear Barbara Ehrenreich speak at NDSU.

Welcome to the Lake Region Writers Network blog.

The latest news is our kick-off conference, Writers Helping Writers, which takes place on October 3 at M State Fergus Falls. The conference will meet in Legacy Hall.

Jocelyn Hale, executive director of The Loft Literary Center, will talk about the benefits of networking and tell us ways writers help other writers across the state.

Tim Rundquist, editor of Otter Tail Review, will tell the back-story (and headaches) behind getting the Otter Tail Review to press.

Immediately after the conference, we’ll have a pre-release party at The Spot, a wine and panini bar in downtown Fergus Falls (220 West Lincoln Avenue), where we’ll hear excerpts from Volume III.

If you’re a published author, display and sell your publication at the conference. If you’re not published and want to know how to go about the publishing process, go to one of the workshops led by Leon Ogroske, editor of WRITERS’ Journal or Linda Lein and Dean Hulse, who take workshop participants from manuscript to publication through traditional and nontraditional routes.

Check out the conference schedule to find out what else is going on that day. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and greet other writers – register now!

Advance registration deadline is September 26 for adults ($25) and students ($15). Send check to Lake Region Writers Network, P. O. Box 356, Battle Lake, MN 56515. Registration includes lunch. (At the door registration is $40 ($25 students)).

The conference runs from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. Doors open at 8:00 for registration and book browsing.

Reba