Michigan Writers Series

Ben Hamper

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
7:00pm
North Conference Room (W449), 4th floor, West Wing, MSU Main Library

Cosponsored by Our Daily Work, Our Daily Lives and the MSU Press.

Ben Hamper is a former GM assembly line worker. He was a longtime columnist for Michael Moore's Flint Voice and the bestselling author of Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line (1991). "When the Detroit Free Press described Hamper as a 'blue collar Tom Wolfe,' it was right on target. Both Wolfe and Hamper have the surgeon's ability to separate the Siamese Twin notions that America is at once a land paved with streets of gold, joined preposterously at the hip with the reality of millions of people simply trying to make ends meet. Hamper, like Wolfe, incises with uncommon insight." (The English Journal, vol. 38, no. 5, 1994).

"What has resulted on these pages, I believe, is a masterpiece of writing which paints a darkly humorous account of working class life in America." Michael Moore, from the Foreword to Rivethead.

Free and open to the public.

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Thursday, March 29 2012
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Main Library, Basement Instruction Room (EG2)
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MSU Moves Toward Zero Waste

Tuesday, March 20, 12:10 pm - 12:50 pm
North Conference Room, Main Library (W449)

Michael Mitchner, Operations Manager, MSU Recycling & Waste Management

Join Michael to learn about MSU's comprehensive reuse and recycling programs, including past successes, current projects, and future plans to meet the goal of zero waste.

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