Cooperstown Author Lauren Groff's sister wins Beijing Triathlon

Not literary news, but we're posting anyway. Cooperstown author Lauren Groff, who visited us last March, is the sister of world champion triathlete Sarah Groff, who won the Beijing International Triathlon this past Sunday in in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 9 seconds. She also came in 4th at the London Olympics.

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Stephen King on Lauren Groff

"I was sorry to see this rich and wonderful novel come to an end, and there is no higher success than that."

—STEPHEN KING on Groff's 2008 surprise bestseller, The Monsters of Templeton.

Lauren Groff visits Tuesday, March 27th to talk about her new novel, Arcadia.

4:15PM Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus
8PM Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus

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An Invitation from Lauren Groff

Bestselling Cooperstown author Lauren Groff has published an open invitation on her website for a book party in her home town this Saturday, March 24. If you can't make it out to the Birthplace of Baseball, you can meet her here at UAlbany on Tuesday, March 27th.

Templeton Hall; Cooperstown, NY. 5 pm. –
24 March 2012
My gorgeous, lovely, beautiful parents are hosting a book party at Templeton Hall on Pioneer Street in my hometown of Cooperstown. The food is always stunning there, and there will be a thoughtful conversation about writing and ARCADIA with one of my favorite people, Dr. Bill Streck. It would please me immensely if you could come. Cooperstown is the place I love the most in the world, and it's tremendously moving how supportive of me the villagers have been.

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Lorrie Moore on Lauren Groff

“The Monsters of Templeton is a bold and beautiful hybrid of a book. Lauren Groff is gifted with an elegant prose style and a narrative ambition as deep and as serious as the human mysteries she sets out to explore." --Lorrie Moore

Lauren Groff visits Tuesday, March 27th to talk about her new novel, Arcadia.

4:15PM Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus

8PM Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus

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