Popular blogger ‘Lance Mannion’ to speak at UI March 7
David Reilly, known online as political and cultural blogger “Lance Mannion,” will speak at the University of Iowa at 1 p.m. Monday, March 7. His talk, “Literary Writing in the Second Digital Age: Blogging, Tweeting, and the Public Square,” will take place in the Gerber Lounge, Room 304 of the English-Philosophy Building.
Reilly is a UI Writers’ Workshop fiction alumnus (MFA ’85). His blog, http://www.lancemannion.com, has emerged as regular reading for journalists and politicians, including Paul Krugman of the New York Times, James Wolcott of Vanity Fair, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Reilly will discuss with UI Professor of Nonfiction Stephen Kuusisto the current scene in “literary” blogging and the rapidly changing role of electronic publishing. The presentation is expected to be of particular interest to students interested in e-writing, journalism, cultural affairs, or the intersection of literature and pop culture.
This free, public event is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Perry A. and Helen Judy Bond Fund for Interdisciplinary Interaction, the Department of English, the Nonfiction Writing Program, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Writers’ Workshop and the International Writing Program.
For more information, contact the English department at 319-335-0454.
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