Visiting Writer

An STD English Honorary Event
Martha Miller
a reading & book signing
Wednesday • Nov. 9, 2005
7:00pm • East Room, RTUC

The reading was held in the East Room of Lower RTUC from 7-9, Novemver 9, 2005.

Marha Miller talked about publishing, about being a niche writer and read from her newest book entitled, Tales from the Levee, about gay life in Springfield, Illinois downtown area in the 60s and 70s.

Here is a slight preview of the book from her web site: Hate, lust, bigotry, love—it all happens in that place in town called the Levee. When the Orpheum Theater in Springfield, Illinois, was demolished in 1965, it marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. On the street where it stood, lesbians and gays found a haven in a strong, caring community, built from the need to separate from a society unwilling to accept them. Tales from the Levee tells these peoples’ stories, spanning the years 1965 through 1976, when the Fifth Street Levee emerged as a thriving Midwestern center for the lesbian and gay culture of that time. It’s all here: entertaining and outrageous real stories of love, lust, bigotry, and death.

She answered questions and STD brought refreshments for folks who wanted to talk with her and who bought the book signed by the author.