CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library invites the campus and community to its Authors@EIU event, which will take place at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, in Booth Library’s West Reading Room.
The free and open-to-the-public event will include a reception at 5 p.m. and introductory remarks at 5:30 p.m., followed by Robert Corn-Revere’s presentation and question-and-answer opportunities afterward. The Library parking lot, located off 4th Street and adjacent to the Library’s accessible south entry, offers free and publicly available parking after 5 p.m.
This event is presented in partnership with Doudna Fine Arts Center, and celebrates the scholarly achievement of Corn-Revere, Chief Counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Corn-Revere is a leading First Amendment and media law practitioner who has been a litigator of First Amendment rights for more than four decades. He is the author of “The Mind of the Censor” and “Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor’s Dilemma” (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Authors@EIU is an ongoing series hosted by the Booth Library that celebrates the research, scholarship, and creative achievements of EIU faculty and alums.
Launched in 2024, the series highlights recently published authors and fosters conversations across campus and the wider community.
This special evening will be a prelude to the Doudna Fine Arts Center production of “I’m Not a Comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce.” This traveling performance of the blockbuster LA, Chicago, and off-Broadway hit is written and performed by Ronnie Marmo and directed by Joe Mantegna. The performance examines the life and battles of the most groundbreaking and impactful comedian of all time, Lenny Bruce, whose numerous court battles championing freedom of speech have paved the way for performers including Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Sarah Silverman, and others. Tickets for the performance are available at www.eiu.edu/doudnatix/.