An Afternoon with Doug Fine

Doug Fine, author of "Farewell, my Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living," will speak at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Rosebud Theater at the E.H. Hereford University Center.

Fine's book recounts his harrowing and humorous adventures after leaving New York City and taking up a ranch lifestyle in New Mexico to live a greener life.

As a young freelancer, Fine reported for The Washington Post, Salon, U.S. News and World Report, National Public Radio and other venues from little-visited jungle war zones like Burma, Rwanda, Laos, Guatemala and Tajikistan. He became a world-class adventure writer and investigative journalist, writing culturally insightful and funny dispatches.