Date: May 27th 2008

Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Michael Cunningham appearing in Savannah

The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home is thrilled to announce that Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, Specimen Days, Flesh and Blood, and A Home at the End of the World) will be giving a free reading and lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3, at Trinity United Methodist Church on Telfair Square in Savannah. Mr. Cunningham's appearance is the first annual installment in the The Ashley and Terry Ursrey Memorial Lecture Series.

Like O'Connor, Cunningham earned an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. While best known as a novelist, Cunningham has also earned acclaim as a writer of short stories: "White Angel" was chosen for Best American Short Stories 1989, and "Mister Brother" appeared in the 2000 O. Henry collection.

Two of Mr. Cunningham's novels -- The Hours and A Home at the End of the World -- have been turned into highly-acclaimed films. Mr. Cunningham also co-authored the screenplay for Evening, starring Meryl Streep and Vanessa Redgrave.

After his talk on the evening of the 3rd, Mr. Cunningham will attend a brief reception and book-signing.

The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home 207 East Charlton St. Savannah Ga. 31401 912-233-6014