Hosseini, Russert, Rushdie and Quindlen to Speak in 2008-09 Bryan Series
Guilford College’s 2008-09 Bryan Series will explore human relationships on a global scale in lectures by best-selling authors and social commentators Khaled Hosseini, Tim Russert, Sir Salman Rushdie and Anna Quindlen.
Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 14.
Russert, the managing editor and host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” and author of Big Russ and Me, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Rushdie, author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, among other best-sellers, and recipient of the Man Booker Prize, will speak Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of One True Thing and other books, will speak Tuesday, April 14.
All programs will take place at 7:30 p.m. in War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro.
Season passes are now on sale at the Greensboro Coliseum Advance Box Office, online at www.guilford.edu/bryanseries or by calling 336-218-5550. Passes for new subscribers are $80. Tickets will be available for individual events beginning in September.
For more information about the 2008-09 series’ speakers, visit www.guilford.edu/bryanseries.
April 15, 2008