WHO: Members of the University of Pennsylvania literary community, including Penn alumni and professors

WHAT: A series of public talks by authors about their books

WHEN: Penn Homecoming Weekend, Nov. 7-8

WHERE: All events take place as specified on the Penn campus

This year Homecoming Weekend at the University of Pennsylvania will include Penn in Print, a Nov. 7-8 series of public talks by members of Penn literary community.  All events described below are free and open to the public; Penn alumni may register in advance by calling 215-898-7811.

Penn alumni authors speak about their recent books.  Panelists include Dan Rottenberg (In the Kingdom of Coal, Routledge, 2003), Leslie Esdaile Banks (Minion: A Vampire Huntress Legend, St. Martin Press, 2003) and Caroline Hwang (In Full Bloom, Dutton, 2003)

Friday, Nov. 7, noon, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and director of Penn Center for Africana Studies, speaks about his book hicker Than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie, an account of the historical connections between the development of the idea of race and the birth of social statistics.

Friday, Nov. 7, 3 p.m., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Stephen P. Steinberg, executive director of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community, speaks about the book he co-edited with Penn President Judith Rodin, Public Discourse in America: Conversations and Community in the Twenty-First Century, a collection of essays offering perspectives on the tenor and conduct of public discourse in contemporary America.

Friday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Much Ado About Something!  Penn alumna Diane Herr leads an interactive workshop teaching children about the life and times of William Shakespeare.  Recommended for children 7 and older.

Saturday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m., Penn Bookstore, 36th and Walnut streets