Local writer and professor Todd Hasak-Lowy is the author of the short-story collection The Task of This Translator, the novel Captives, and an academic study Here and Now: History, Nationalism, and Realism in Modern Hebrew Fiction. He is presently an associate professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Florida.

Professor Hasak-Lowy will be presenting a brief reading of his books, fielding audience questions and signing books on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 - 2:00 PM, at the Headquarters Library - 401 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida.