Pulitzer Winner Richard Ford to Read
From Long-Awaited New Novel

Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford will read from his newest novel, The Lay of the Land, at Bryn Mawr on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Thomas Great Hall.

Free and open to the public, Ford's appearance is part of the College's yearlong Creative Writing Program Reading Series, which features award-winning poets, fiction and nonfiction writers and playwrights. For further information, contact the Office for the Arts at 610-526-5210.

Ford's highly anticipated new novel The Lay of the Land continues the tale of protagonist Frank Bascombe, a character The New York Times Book Review said “has earned himself a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape.”

Ford introduced readers to Bascombe in The Sportswriter and continued his tale in Independence Day , the first book ever to receive both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Like the previous novels in the series, The Lay of the Land takes place during three closely observed days of Bascombe's life.

The Lay of the Land is described by Amazon.com as the “funniest, most engaging (and explosive) book Ford's written, and a major literary event.”

In addition to the Bascombe series, Ford has published the novels A Piece of My Heart and The Ultimate Good Luck and Wildlife and the story collections Women with Men, Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins. He has taught at Princeton University, Williams College and the University of Michigan.

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