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Schwipps, Monday to share their 'Books that made a Difference'
This spring's "Books that Made a Difference" program at the Putnam County Public Library will feature Tanis Monday and Greg Schwipps on Wednesday, May 7.
Attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the Brown Bag event, which is scheduled from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Drinks and cookies will be served.
Monday, the executive director of the Beyond Homeless shelter, will discuss the impact of "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls.
Schwipps, professor of creative writing at DePauw and author of the award-winning novel "What This River Keeps," will talk about how "Plainsong" by Kent Haruf changed his writing life.
The Putnam County Public Library and DePauw University Libraries have developed a series titled "Books that Made a Difference." At each event, a Putnam County resident or DePauw faculty/staff member is asked to speak about a book that had a significant impact on his or her life.
Former speakers for the series have included Diana LaViolette, Doug Harms, Claudia Mills, P.T. Wilson, Mayor Sue Murray and Rick Provine.
Monday grew up in Indiana and graduated from Franklin College with a degree in English education, though she never taught after student-teaching sixth-graders.
After locating to Putnam County, she served as executive director of the Putnam County Museum, and most recently moved to the same position with Beyond Homeless.
Mother of one son and caretaker of several pets, she is active in multiple organizations in the community. She loves to read, bake, cook and wander random antique stores.
Schwipps was born and raised on a working farm in Milan. He graduated from DePauw before attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for his MFA in creative writing.
Currently an associate professor at DePauw, his creative nonfiction articles and essays have appeared in outdoor magazines and literary journals like Outdoor Indiana, Exit 7, Sweet and In-Fisherman. His short fiction can be found online on Esquire magazine's website and in the journal Booth.
Schwipps co-authored "Fishing For Dummies, 2nd Edition," which published in May 2010. His first novel, "What This River Keeps" won The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award in the Emerging Authors category.
A lifelong fascination with fishing and rural living has deeply influenced his life and work. He and his wife Alissa live with their two sons, Milan and Arlo, in Wilbur, Ind.