TONIGHT: Reading, David Vann's 'Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter,' Oct. 28

Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30-9 p.m.
Rasmuson Hall, Room 110

Alaska Quarterly Review presents David Vann, best-selling and award winning author of Legend of a Suicide, for a reading and craft talk about his latest nonfiction book, Last Day on Earth, an investigation into the Northern Illinois University school shooting. Kirkus Reviews calls the book: "A carefully crafted account of a descent into fatal madness."

Vann's visit to Alaska is courtesy of the Alaska Library Association, the Alaska State Library, the Rasmuson Foundation and the Copper Whale Inn. Books will be available for sale the evening of the event through the UAA Campus Bookstore.