ROSEMONT, PA – Rosemont College is thrilled to announce that Sheila Liming, best-selling author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time, will visit campus for a special talk on Monday, November 11. The event will take place at 6:00 pm in the Kistler Memorial Library and is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the public.
Event Details
- What: Sheila Liming, Author Talk
- When: Monday, November 11, 2024, 6:00 PM
- Where: Kistler Memorial Library, Rosemont College
- Admission: Free and open to the public
Dr. Liming’s book, which explores the social and personal value of spending unstructured time together in today’s digital world, was selected as this year’s Common Read for Rosemont’s first-year writing students. Liming’s appearance is part of Rosemont’s ongoing commitment to fostering critical thinking and community engagement. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear her discuss the themes of her acclaimed book and participate in a Q&A session.
About Dr. Liming
Liming is an Associate Professor of Writing at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where she teaches classes on literature, media, and writing. She is the author of three books: What a Library Means to a Woman (University of Minnesota Press, 2020), Office (Bloomsbury, 2020) and, most recently, Hanging Out (Melville House, 2023), and the editor of one, a new version of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence (W.W. Norton, 2022).
Her writing has appeared widely in venues such as The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Globe and Mail, LitHub, and elsewhere, while her work has been reviewed and featured in People magazine, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
Liming earned her PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, and, in her spare time, she continues to play the Scottish bagpipes (just as she did as part of the Carnegie Mellon University pipe band).
Following her talk, Liming will sign copies of her book. This event is free and open to the public. Members of the Rosemont community and neighbors are invited to attend. Books will be available for purchase.
