University of Cincinnati Professor Emeritus Tom LeClair has dedicated his life to the written word.
Now, 48 years after he first started teaching literature at UC and several years after he relocated to Brooklyn, N.Y., LeClair says he is dropping his final novel, Passing Away.
The fourth in a series following Passing Off, Passing On and Passing Through, the meta-licious narrative again centers on the writings of Michael Keever, a truth-bending memoirist who this time relays stories from the perspective of his long-estranged older brother Patrick; former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge; and Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King” of 19th-century America. The three are tied together via one theme: all are near death.
The book is being released by local independent small press Waxing Press.
Reading: 4 p.m. Friday at the Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati campus, Clifton. Book release party: 7 p.m. Friday at Northside Yacht Club, 4231 Spring Grove Ave., Northside. Free. More info at waxingpress.com.
