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Source: James Machor, 785-532-2163, machor@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu

Monday, Nov. 17, 2008

THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF ZINES TOPIC OF UPCOMING AUTHOR LECTURE AT K-STATE

MANHATTAN -- Janice Radway, the Walter Dill Professor of Communication and professor of American studies and gender studies at Northwestern University, is coming to Kansas State University to discuss the social impact and literary role of zines on American society.

Radway's lecture, "Zines Then and Now: What Are They? What Do You Do With Them? How Do They Work?" will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Room 212 of the K-State Student Union. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Radway will discuss the evolving definition and scope of zines – known most commonly as small circulation, specialty publications like fanzines – and their role in the American literary landscape.

"Having lectured in Sweden, Canada, Japan, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland and at conferences and universities throughout the U.S., Radway is an internationally know scholar whose work has been at the forefront of the intersection of cultural studies, audience studies and the history of the book," said James Machor, K-State professor of English and lecture organizer. "Her work as a whole has been described as 'essential reading for scholars interested in the history of the book and popular culture.'"

Radway has taught at Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Alberta, Canada. She is former president of the American Studies Association and has served as editor of its official journal, American Quarterly. Her research also has been funded by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Radway's published work includes two key books, "Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Culture" and "A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire." The latter has been called "a fascinating study of an influential institution and a profoundly personal meditation on the love of books and the experience of reading."

More information on the lecture is available at http://www.k-state.edu/english/visit.html