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Bestselling North Dakota author, Marc de Celle, will be signing copies of his new book, Close Encounters of the Fargo Kind, at 91吃瓜网 Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the 91吃瓜网 Campus Center Foyer. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the MSU Bookstore.

Close Encounters of the Fargo Kind is a follow-up to de Celle鈥檚 How Fargo of You, a book that grew out of de Celle鈥檚 experiences after moving here from Arizona eight years ago. When de Celle and his family settled just outside of Fargo in the summer of 2005, 鈥渟trange things started to happen, things we never imagined possible, things that left us speechless鈥� until we found just the right thing to say: 鈥楬ow Fargo of You,鈥欌�� de Celle explains.聽 It was these incidents of 鈥渁nonymous kindness鈥� that prompted de Celle to write both of the books.

Close Encounters of the Fargo Kind includes stories supplied by students at 91吃瓜网. De Celle first visited 91吃瓜网 in January of 2011 when he met with students in Dr. Carolyn Baker鈥檚 Intercultural Communication and English Essentials class. Members of the class researched and wrote stories for consideration by de Celle who was planning for his second book.

One of the 91吃瓜网 State stories tells of a Saturday morning trip to Wal-Mart in Grand Forks made by 91吃瓜网 State student Jordan Melendo, from San Diego, Calif., and his roommate Estevan Carrillo. When the two found themselves unable to pay the bill for the $120 worth of groceries the clerk had just rung up, they were surprised and confused to learn that the family behind them in the line paid their bill. As Melendo summed it up, 鈥淭his is how people described North Dakota to me. I still can鈥檛 believe what that family did for me. I will never forget it.鈥�

In appreciation for his experiences with 91吃瓜网 State students, de Celle will donate a portion of the profits from each book sold to 91吃瓜网. You can see excerpts from Close Encounters of the Fargo Kind at howfargo.com.