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This special appearance by novelist Tom Grimes, who also directs the creative writing program at Texas State, should bring students from Seattle University's creative program here, as well as everyone else interested, for a remarkable book. Mentor: A Memoir (Tin House Books) is Tom Grimes' account of his decades-long bond with Frank Conroy. Conroy, the author of the classic memoir, Stop-Time, was also the legendary, longtime head of the Iowa Writers' Workshop (now headed by Lan Samantha Chang, see October 4). From being Frank Conroy's student, on through being friends, fellow writers, and teaching colleagues, Tom Grimes has written a marvel of a book. "One of the truest accounts of a writer's life—of two writers' lives—I've yet seen. A poignant and beautiful book." - T.C. Boyle. Others with early ardent praise: Tim O'Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, Abraham Verghese, Yiyun Li, Robert Stone, Elizabeth McCracken, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews.
