Noted author Michael Chabon to conclude Rutgers-Camden lecture series

October 21, 2003

CONTACT: Cathy Karmilowicz, Rutgers-Camden public information office, (856) 225-6627, catkarm@camden.rutgers.edu

For Immediate Release

CAMDEN – Award-winning novelist Michael Chabon will conclude a lecture series on childhood at Rutgers-Camden’s Gordon Theater at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19.

In 2001, Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book chronicles the coming of age of two Jewish cousins during World War II America -- Josef Kavalier, a Czech immigrant who fled the Nazis, and Sammy Klayman, an aspiring comic book writer -- who join forces to create a new super hero named The Escapist.

The world-renowned novelist is currently making his debut into comic book writing with the anthology, “Michael Chabon Presents…The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist,” which follows the super hero introduced in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

His book “Wonder Boys” was turned into an Oscar-nominated film released in 2000. Other published works from Chabon include “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” and “A Model World and Other Stories.” Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Columbia, Maryland, Chabon read omnivorously during childhood, from comic books to the classics.

The lecture series, “Remembering Childhood: Meet the Authors, Hear Their Stories,” is presented by the Rutgers-Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies to support its ongoing research, educational and community outreach activities.

Single tickets for each lecture cost $10; a special package that includes a pre-event reception with the author is available. The Gordon Theater is located on Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers-Camden campus. A free shuttle service from Philadelphia will depart from 17th and Market Streets at 6:15 p.m. the night of each lecture. For directions to Rutgers-Camden, visit http://www.rutgers.edu/kiosk/directions/CMDirections.html.

For more information on the “Remembering Childhood” lecture series, call (856) 225-6741, or visit the Center for Children and Childhood Studies online at http://children.camden.rutgers.edu.

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