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The 2011 Thurber House Summer Literary Picnic series will kick off in June, featuring fiction and non-fiction Ohio-connected authors. Picnics are held on the side lawn of Thurber House at 77 Jefferson Avenue. Catered dinners are available or guests can bring their own. Readings begin at 7 p.m., and the house is open for tours before and after the event.
June 8 – Thurber Treat, hosted by Nancy Gilson
The 2011 season will kick off with the Thurber Treat, an annual contest that invites writers to try their hand at a Thurber-related theme. This year writers are asked to choose one Thurber cartoon from a predetermined selection, come up with a new caption for the cartoon, and then elaborate on the caption with an amusing story. Nancy Gilson, arts editor for the Columbus Dispatch, will host the event where the top three contest winners will read their entries.
June 22 – Robin Yocum, Favorite Sons
Yocum was a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch and the author of the non-fiction book, Dead Before Deadline. Favorite Sons is his first novel about how childhood secrets can lead to adult tragedies. Swift narrative and compelling characters set in an Ohio steel-mill town that has seen better days make for a remarkable debut.
July 6 – Leah Stewart, Husband and Wife
A professor at the University of Cincinnati’s creative writing program, Stewart’s third novel, Husband and Wife, has been called “An unflinching look at what happens when one’s identity is shattered, and ‘what-ifs’ and past choices come back to haunt the present,†by Publishers Weekly.
July 20 – New Voices: Amanda Flowers, fiction; Ellen Waddell, essays; Lee Kravitz, nonfiction
Flower's first novel, Maid of Murder, tells of an Ohio college librarian who hunts down the person who murdered her childhood friend and framed her brother for the crime. Waddell, a senior at New Albany High School, has published a book of essays titled She Said, Looking Forward. Kravitz's first book, Unfinished Business, chronicles a year he spent tending to the important people and things in his life.
August 3 – Bob Hunter, Chic
As well as telling the story of the legendary OSU football player, Chic Harley, in his book, Chic, the well-known Columbus Dispatch sports columnist also reveals the history of the building of the OSU sports program.
Tickets for the catered dinner and the reading are $25; for the reading only $15. Full and mini-series subscriptions are available. For information and ticket purchase, call Thurber House at 614-464-1032, go in person to Thurber House, or purchase online at: http://www.thurberhouse.org.
Thurber House will be accepting donations at each event for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.
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