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Today, the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ College of Education<\/a> has 60 renowned national and local authors fully subscribed to the upcoming Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Book Festival, scheduled for April 17 on the university campus in Orlando.<\/p>\n

“We’re sold out,” said Dr. Bob Williams, head of the committee responsible for selecting authors from among a host of applicants. “Even Jack Kerouac himself would be shut out if he suddenly showed up,” Williams said.<\/p>\n

Event planners were extremely pleased to have some local favorites among participating authors, notably Bob Morris, Pat Duggins, Greg Dawson, and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s own Richard Lapchick. Authors Sharon Draper and James Grippando and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins have also secured places at the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Book Festival. “As for Kerouac,” said Williams, “I think he missed our invitation while he was on the road.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ College of Education has 60 renowned national and local authors fully subscribed to the upcoming Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Book Festival, scheduled for April 17 on the university campus in Orlando. “We’re sold out,” said Dr. Bob Williams, head of the committee responsible for selecting authors from among a host of applicants. “Even Jack Kerouac himself would be shut out…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":9763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8,14938,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-9757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-education","tag-richard-lapchick","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\nLove Books? 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