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Anne Lamott to speak about vocation
October 13, 2006
Bestselling author Anne Lamott will speak about her vocation as a writer, mother, political activist and a person of faith as part of the “Meant to Live” conference on Friday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall.
Lamott is the author of six novels, but she is best known for her four books of nonfiction that incorporate her personal stories and reflections. Her writing is accessible and memorable because of her ruthless honesty and self-effacing humor, and she tackles hard subjects like alcoholism, the death of her parents and her non-traditional faith.
Her nonfiction work includes “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” with instructions about writing and the challenges of a writer’s life; “Operating Instructions,” a manual on parenting that recounts the first year of her son’s life; and “Traveling Mercies” and “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith,” both reflections on faith.
She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, taught at the University of California, Davis, and held writing conferences across the country. Her next essay collection, titled “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith,” is scheduled to be published in late March 2007.
The Meant to Live conference, a program of the Wild Hope Project, is a three-day event that features speakers, concerts, workshops and exercises to help students explore questions of vocation. The conference runs from Oct. 27 to 29 and is open to all students.
The Wild Hope Project challenges students with the question: “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” Funded by a grant from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment, the program pushes students to consider questions of value and meaning in order to claim their life’s purpose.
To learn more about Lamott, click here. For more information about the “Meant to Live” conference, contact Andrea Shea at ext. 7195 or mtl@plu.edu.
Her nonfiction work includes “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” with instructions about writing and the challenges of a writer’s life; “Operating Instructions,” a manual on parenting that recounts the first year of her son’s life; and “Traveling Mercies” and “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith,” both reflections on faith.
She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, taught at the University of California, Davis, and held writing conferences across the country. Her next essay collection, titled “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith,” is scheduled to be published in late March 2007.
The Meant to Live conference, a program of the Wild Hope Project, is a three-day event that features speakers, concerts, workshops and exercises to help students explore questions of vocation. The conference runs from Oct. 27 to 29 and is open to all students.
The Wild Hope Project challenges students with the question: “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” Funded by a grant from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment, the program pushes students to consider questions of value and meaning in order to claim their life’s purpose.
To learn more about Lamott, click here. For more information about the “Meant to Live” conference, contact Andrea Shea at ext. 7195 or mtl@plu.edu.