MEDIA ADVISORY:

WHAT:
“What Happens” was originally published in France in 1926 and seized by U.S. Customs for violating the 1922 Tariff Act, which banned the importing of obscene materials from foreign countries; the novel has never been published in the United States, until now. Born in 1900, John Herrmann is known as Lansing, Michigan’s most forgotten author. Herrmann came from a successful Lansing family that owned John Herrmann’s Sons, the largest bespoke tailor in the state. 

Sara Kosiba is an associate professor of English at Troy University in Alabama. Her research specializes in 20th century Midwestern writers, including figures such as Ernest Hemingway, Dawn Powell, Josephine Herbst and John Herrmann. Kosiba edited and wrote the introduction for “What Happens.”

WHEN: 
Noon, Thursday, April 14, 2016

WHERE: 
David Adamany Undergraduate Library, Bernath Auditorium, Wayne State University

MORE INFO:
Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written by a Michigan resident or about Michigan or the Great Lakes. The selected books are honored in the year after their publication or copyright date.  Each selected title speaks to our state's rich cultural, historical and literary heritage and proves without a doubt that some of the greatest stories are found in the Great Lakes state. This event is free and open to the public.