Northeast Missouri native George Hodgman is a veteran magazine and book editor in New York who has worked for Simon and Schuster and "Vanity Fair" magazine, and his writing has appeared in a number of major magazines. In his New York "Times" bestselling memoir "Bettyville," Hodgman describes returning to his small hometown of Paris, Missouri in 2012 to take care of his ornery 90-year-old mother who was suffering from dementia. The "Times" called it a "remarkable, laugh-out-loud book." The Missouri State University College of Arts and Letters, the MSU English Department, and Missouri Center for the Book will sponsor an appearance by George Hodgman in Craig Hall Coger Theater to read from the book and discuss his work on Tuesday April 18 at 7:00pm. Hodgman talked with me by phone from his “half-time” apartment in New York City. His mother did finally pass away at the age of 93. Aside from being grateful that she’s no longer suffering, Hodgman feels that “she got every good day that she
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