Jonathan Foer at Hendrix November 18

November 5, 2010

Jonathan Foer, best known for his novel Everything is Illuminated, will speak at Hendrix College in Conway on November 18 at 7:30 p.m., in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix College campus. A book signing and reception will follow in the Mills Center. The event is open to the public and free of admission.

Foer, whose been called “a new kind of literary warrior” by the Village Voice, will deliver a lecture entitled “Why Jews Laugh At Things That Aren’t Funny,” as part of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language, series exploring the theme “Comedy.”  The event is co-sponsored by the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture, which aims to enhance knowledge about Jewish culture and raise awareness of Jewish life on the Hendrix College campus.

For more information about this and future Hendrix-Murphy events, please contact Henryetta Vanaman, 501-450-4597 or vanaman@hendrix.edu.

For more information on the Crain-Maling Center, please contact Marianne Tettlebaum, (501) 450-4598 or tettlebaum@hendrix.edu.