Karen Russell, author of the acclaimed debut novel and Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia!, will speak on Feb. 6 at a 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Russell’s new book, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, will be published this month. Russell has been featured in The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 list. She was chosen as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. She is a writer-in-residence at Bard College. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series