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Robert Herring’s new book, “Hub,” could be one of the biggest events that has happened in the English department this year.
Herring, English assistant professor, described it as a dream come true, and the first printing of his book will be 25,000 more copies than the average first printing.
“I’ll be working with an editor making some changes here and there,” Herring said. “John bark, the writer that addressed a group in the LRC last year, said a period of time for a novel, from its point of being accepted to publication, is similar to a baby’s conception to birth. That’s similar to ‘Hub’ – nine months to a year. That gives them time to promote and to make all the editorial changes. It’s a much long process than I ever dreamed.
“Hub,” accepted by Viking Press, is an adventure novel which takes place on an island in the Mississippi River 50 miles north of Memphis, in a little town where Herring grew up as a boy.
“it’s a real life story, it really covers my youth,” he explained. “It’s not an autobiography, but I know the area.”
In the book, two little boys are trapped on an island when the river rises suddenly, flooding the area. Also trapped on the island is an old man who stays with the boys. On the other side of the island roams a killer, who attempts to murder the three. Since they have no weapons, they will have to outwit the killer to survive.
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