Cecilia Tichi, author of a new book on journalism, will speak during Lipscomb University's Landiss Lecture Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Swang 108, located at 3901 Granny White Pike, Nashville.
Admission is free. The program is open to the public, and complimentary copies of her new book will be given to the first 30 attendees, said Carolyn Wilson, program director.
Tichi, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, will speak on topics related to her new book, Exposes and Excesses: Muckraking in America, 1900/2000, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. In the book she compares the works of writers such as Sinclair Lewis and Ida Tarbell with such contemporary figures as Eric Scholsser, author of Fast Food Nation: the Dark Side of the American Meal, and Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.
Tichi has written a broad range of publication, from the acclaimed High Lonesome: The American Culture of Country Music, to a mystery series set in Nashville.
Full information is available by calling 615.279.5960.