The Kentucky Author Forum welcomes Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday, April 24, 1997

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, author of the bestseller It Takes a Village and Other
Lessons Children Teach Us (Simon & Schuster, $19.50 cloth, $10 paper), will be the
next guest of the Kentucky Author Forum on April 24.  

It Takes a Village is a collection of Clinton's personal insights on the most critical issues
facing America. As a long-time advocate for children, the First Lady shares her views on
the needs of the country's youth. The title of her book, taken from an old African proverb,
"It takes an entire village to raise a child," is meant to remind us that children exist in the
world as well as in the family and will thrive only if the whole of society cares enough to
provide for them. "The village," writes Clinton, "can no longer be defined as a place on a
map, or a list of people or organizations... it is the network of values and relationships that
support and affect our lives."  

Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a recognized expert on First Ladies and their political roles, will
interview Clinton. His forthcoming book, As We Remember Her: Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis in the Words of Her Friends and Family, arrives in stores this month. Anthony
is also the author of the two-volume book First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives
and Their Power --1789-1990.

A dinner honoring Clinton and Anthony, hosted by University of Louisville President Dr.
John W. Shumaker, Mrs. Lucy Shumaker, and Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, follows the
book signing. Tickets are available for $125 each ($85 tax deductible) only through the
Kentucky Center ticket office.

Schedule of Events

North Recital Hall, U of L School of Music
11a.m.: Speaking and question and answer session

Tickets for faculty, staff, and students are available on
a first-come-first-served basis.*

Kentucky Center for the Arts
5 p.m.: Book sale and wine and cheese reception
6 p.m.: Author forum and question and answer session
7 p.m.: Book signing by Clinton

Admission for the general public: $15. Sold out.
Call the Kentucky Center for the Arts at (502) 584-7777
or (800) 775-7777, or visit Hawley-Cooke Booksellers
at any of their three locations.

The Kentucky Author Forum is a non-profit cultural project in cooperation with the
Kentucky Center for the Arts and Hawley-Cooke Booksellers. The series features major
authors in an interview setting. Past forums have featured Bill Bradley, Sister Helen
Prejean, Neil Simon, John Updike, and Katharine Graham. Dr. Susan Love, author of
the best-selling Breast Book, will be a guest of the Kentucky Author Forum on October
6, 1997.

* Student tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis from 9 a.m. to
noon Tuesday, April 22, at the Student Life Office, W302 Student Activities Center, and
in Room 228, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences Center. A limited number of tickets
for HSC faculty and staff also will be made available duringthe student ticket distribution
at the dental school.

Each student who presents a valid student ID may receive one ticket apieceuntil the
student supply is exhausted, said Bridgette Pregliasco, assistant vicepresident for
student life. If any student tickets are left over, they will bedistributed from the
ACCESS Office, 105 Davidson Hall, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday, April 22.

Faculty and staff tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basisfrom
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the North Information Centeracross from the
music school. Each faculty and staff member who presents avalid employee ID may
receive one ticket apiece until the supply is exhausted.

To avoid traffic snarls, tickets will be distributed from the counter inside thecenter
rather than at the drive-through window, said Paula McGuffey, managerof the
Information Centers.

Because the U.S. Secret Service is likely to block off several streets near themusic
school as the first lady arrives, organizers advise all those planning toattend to be inside
the music school no later than 10:45 a.m.