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MIT Program in
Writing and Humanistic Studies
MIT, Room 14E-303
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Telephone: 617-253-7894
FAX: 617-253-6910
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MIT Writers presents . . .
An evening with
Stephen Alter
Thursday, April 16, 1998
8:00 p.m.
Bartos Auditorium
20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
free and open to the public - no tickets required
Stephen Alter has recently completed a memoir, ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN: AN AMERICAN BOYHOOD IN THE HIMALAYAS, which was published in February 1998 by Henry Holt. The book describes his experiences growing up as a child in India, the son and grandson of American missionaries. It is a landscape, and a time, that haunts him still: I miss the place itself, the mountains, the view of the high Himalayas beyond Mussoorie, stretching all the way to heaven.
Reviewing Stephen Alter's noveL, THE GODCHILD, in the New York Times, Edward Hower has written: "He is a sensitive observer with an unusual ability to see a foreign culture from the inside out, the mountains, the view of the high Himalayas beyond Mussoorie, stretching all the way to heaven."
Mr. Alter has also written: NEGLECTED LIVES, THE GODCHILD, RENUKA, and SILK AND STEEL - all set in India, where he was born and raised.
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
For more information, call 617/253-7894
MIT Program in Writing - 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
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