2007 Johnston Lecture: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc presents “Journalism for the Long Haul” Thursday, April 12
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Adrian LeBlanc |
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc a 2006 MacArthur Fellow, is the author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx, which was chosen by more than twenty publications including the New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, People, and The Economist as one of the “Best Books of 2003.”
Considered a contemporary classic of immersion journalism, Random Family has been described as a “nonfiction Middlemarch of the underclass” (The Los Angeles Times) and the “literary equivalent of a 100-mile dash” (The Washington Post). Her current project, Give It Up, concerns the lives of standup comedians and will be published by Random House. LeBlanc, the school’s twenty-first Johnston Lecturer and a graduate of Oxford University and Yale Law School, is currently a visiting scholar at NYU.
Event Details:
Thursday, April 12, 4:00 p.m.
282 Lillis Hall, 925 East 13th Avenue
Reception to follow in Allen Hall Atrium
For information contact Kathleen Larson, event coordinator,
klarson@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-2494