Award-winning author Lia Purpura will give a reading titled "The Surprise of Home," selections from her recent collection of essays, "On Looking," and her newest book of poetry, on Tuesday, October 16, at 7 p.m. in Fourier Lounge, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 North Charles Street in Baltimore. The reading is part of The Sister Maura Eichner Creative Writers Series. For more information, please call 410-532-5535