Native author to speak on NE

   A native Fort Worth author will join the NE Campus English department’s annual literary celebration.
   Writer and environmentalist, Rick Bass, will speak Thursday, March 25, for the department’s Living Literature series.
   Known by critics as a nature writer, Bass worked for eight years as a petroleum geologist prospecting for oil, an experience upon which he based the nonfiction work, Oil Notes.
   Bass is not only an environmental activist, but an author who writes about human nature as well as the natural world.
   Critics have praised the Southwestern character of his independent, positive and unpretentious approach.
   The author of more than 20 fiction and nonfiction books, Bass has won numerous awards, including the 1988 PEN/Nelson Algren Award, the    New York Times Notable Book of the Year Award, the Pushcart Prize, the O. Henry Award and the 2003 Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction.
   The author’s recent works include a novel, Where the Sea Used to Be; a book of short stories, The Hermit’s Story; and a book about Montana environmental issues, The Roadless Yaak: Reflections and Observations about One of Our Last Great Wilderness Areas.
   Students who love literature or share Bass’ concern for the environment might want to join the literary celebration in the NSTU Center Corner 7-8 p.m.