Kevin Kling, a nationally known playwright, storyteller, and author will make an appearance at Gustavus Adolphus College Friday, Nov. 20. Kling, a 1979 graduate of Gustavus, will read from his latest book, Holiday Inn.
Kling’s appearance will take place at 7 p.m. in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of Kling’s books including Holiday Inn will be available for purchase.
Kling is perhaps best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” His storytelling stage shows like Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log, deliver hilarious, often tender stories.
His first book, The Dog Says How, brought readers into his wonderful world of the skewed and significant mundane. Holiday Inn is described as a romp through a year of holidays. A wiener dog with an amazing capacity for destruction impresses the whole family and contributes to their collection of favorite disastrous Christmas stories. A Choctaw and a nun go trick-or-treating on Halloween. A boy makes a frightening decision every year when he chooses which classmate gets the “Be Mine” Valentine. Kevin takes his mom to a Fourth of July demolition derby and then he takes an epic trip around the bases at a ball game on Memorial Day.
Kling’s appearance at Gustavus is sponsored by the Book Mark, Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, St. Peter Reads, and Friends of the St. Peter Public Library.
For more information about this event, contact Judy Schultz in the Book Mark at 507-933-6017 or jdschult@gustavus.edu.
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