The Wells student club Book Worms will host a talk by Ithaca-area author Bob Proehl at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the de Witt Lecture Hall (106) of Zabriski Hall. This talk is free and open to all; refreshments will be available.
Bob Proehl grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., where his local comics shop was Queen City Bookstore. He has worked as a bookseller and programming director for Buffalo Street Books, a DJ, a record store owner and a bartender. He was a 2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Fiction and a 2013 resident at the Saltonstall Arts Colony. He has written for the 33⅓ book series and worked as a columnist and reviewer for the arts and culture site PopMatters.com. Proehl currently lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife, stepson and daughter.