Maureen Corrigan

University of Delaware Library Associates So We So Read How On: the Great Gatsby Came to and Be Why It Endures Annual Dinner

An Evening with Maureen Corrigan & The Great Gatsby

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6 p.m. About Maureen Corrigan

Maureen Corrigan is America’s most trusted and beloved book critic. Her distinctive voice is at once incisive and accessible, like a well-read friend who always sends you home with a good book to read.

For more than 20 years, Corrigan has been the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. She is also a columnist for The Washington Post and the critic-in-residence at Georgetown University where her courses are very popular. As a lecturer, she’s been described as “brilliant,” “hilarious,” “passionate” and Photo Credit: Nina Subin “eloquent.” She is the author of two books: Leave Me Alone I’m Reading and So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it Endures, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Library Journal.

Aside from her writings for The Washington Post and The Village Voice, Corrigan has also written reviews for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Nation. She is an associate editor and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers and the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism. She has served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Corrigan is willing to sign copies of her book during the hospitality hour and after the program. The Officers and Directors of the University of Delaware Library Associates request the pleasure of your company at our Annual Dinner

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Arsht Hall, University of Delaware 2700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware

An Evening with Maureen Corrigan & The Great Gatsby

Hospitality hour at 6 p.m. Parking available in the lot opposite Program and dinner at 7 p.m. the entrance to Arsht Hall and in the RSVP by Tuesday, April 4, 2017 side lots. Menu Appetizer

Goat cheese and roasted beets over arugula and pomegranate seeds with an aged balsamic dressing

Entrées (select one) Seared frenched chicken breast in a fragrant lemon caper broth with roasted fingerling potatoes, roasted artichokes and tomatoes OR Almond dusted seared salmon with cranberry chutney over roasted butternut squash and brussel sprout wild rice OR Fresh bell pepper stuffed with herbed red quinoa and roasted tomato soffritto and spring vegetables

Dessert Orange plum panna cotta with fresh berries

Coffee, Tea and Soft Drinks Camel Road Chardonnay (California) Bodega Norton Malbec Rsv (Argentina)

Library 2017 UDLA Annual Dinner Response Card

Entrée - Please Select One* Member(s) ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last Guest(s) ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last _____ Member(s) @ $130.00 Per Person** $______Guest(s) @ $175.00 Per Person** $______(Please enter guest’s address on back of this card)

_____ Corporate Table of 8 Persons @ $1,600.00 Per Table $______Names of corporate attendees with their entrée selections should be written on the back of this response card. A Library Associates first-year membership will be granted to each corporation that sponsors a table and to each corporate attendee.

Contributions are welcome from individuals and corporations to assist in underwriting the evening’s expenses. Donations are appreciated and will be publicly acknowledged unless anonymity is requested. This donation is tax deductible as allowed by law.

I/we would like to make an additional contribution in the amount of: _____ $5,000.00 Annual Dinner Leader $______$1,000.00 Annual Dinner Benefactor $______$ 600.00 Annual Dinner Sustaining $______$ 300.00 Annual Dinner Advocate $______$ 150.00 Annual Dinner Patron $______$ Other Annual Dinner Fellow $______$ 175.00 each to support attendance for a Library Staff dinner(s) $______I/we regret that I/we cannot attend, and would like to contribute to assist with expenses $______Total enclosed $______Please make your check payable to the University of Delaware Library Associates. For further information, contact [email protected] or call 302-831-2231. I/we wish to reserve the following quantity of Maureen Corrigan’s books: So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures ____ hardback @ $23.00 Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading ____ paperback @ $14.00

* The full menu is available on the back panel of the invitation. ** $88.00 of the dinner cost per person is tax deductible. ~more~ Guest(s) ______First Last ______Full Mailing Address

Guest(s) ______First Last ______Full Mailing Address

Corporate Table Information Name of Corporation ______Corporate Contact ______Address of Corporation ______City State Zip Code

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Names of corporate attendees with his/her entrée selection:

Entrée - Please Select One* ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last ______Chicken Salmon Vegetarian First Last

*The menu is available on the back panel of the invitation. University of Delaware Library Associates Morris Library University of Delaware Newark, DE 19717-5267