Robert Klose-Lecture & Book Signing
Contact: Amanda Morang at 581-1700
ORONO, Me. — The University Bookstore, located in the University of Maine’s Memorial Union, will host author Robert Klose for a lecture and book signing on Thursday, Nov. 2. The event is set for 5 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Totman Lounge.
Klose is associate professor of biological sciences at University College in Bangor. He has written essays for the Christian Science Monitor for 20 years and has won four Maine Press Association awards for opinion writing. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest and other magazines and literary journals. From 1998-2005, he wrote political and social commentary for the Times Record in Brunswick. Klose has two adopted sons from Russia and Ukraine, and one of his books, “Adopting Alyosha — A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia,” illustrates the adoption process.
Klose’s Nov. 2 lecture will be about his newest book, “Small Worlds: Adopted Sons, Pet Piranhas, and Other Mortal Concerns.” Klose will discuss his experiences from living in Maine to the international adoption process of his two sons.
For further information on the lecture and/or book signing, please contact Amanda Morang at 581-1700.