The James Branch Cabell Library Associates and the VCU Libraries present the Fifteenth Annual Cabell Lecture. This year's speaker is Richmond's own Sheri Holman, author of _A Stolen Tongue_ and _The Dress Lodger_. Ms. Holman will present the lecture, "The Economy of Bodies: Dissecting History in the Novels of Sheri Holman," at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2001 in the School of Engineering Auditorium, 601 West Main Street, on the Academic Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. This event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Copies of her latest work, _The Dress Lodger_ will be available for purchase. Ms. Holman's novels have dealt with the worth society assigns flesh and bone --whether it is through prostitution, in the trafficking of saints' relics, or in the securing of cadavers for early modern medical study. She will describe her method of subjecting the historical record to dissection and examination before assigning it a use, as her characters do with the human body. Ms. Holman will also talk about her next novel, _The Mammoth Cheese_, which will be published in 2002. Set in contemporary Virginia, it explores the grip history continues to have on a rural community as they recreate (in 21st century America) the making of 1500 lb. cheese once presented to Thomas Jefferson. If special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 828-1108. -- Ray Bonis Assistant Archivist James Branch Cabell Library VCU Libraries Phone: (804) 828-1108 FAX: (804) 828-0151 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/speccoll.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html