The Missing Italian Girl (Pegasus Books, February 2013) is the third crime novel in the Bernard Martin mystery series by Barbara Corrado Pope, professor emerita in the UO Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Pope will read from the book on Saturday, March 2, at 2 p.m. in Knight Library's Browsing Room. A book signing and reception will follow.

A review at Ophrah.com says of the book: “Pope plots Clarie’s search for the missing girl with precision and restraint. The true draw here is her portait of women—-and their not-so-equal rights—-at the turn of the last century. Wonderfully engaging. Even in the face of senseless limitations, Clarie proves it is possible to find joy, truth—-and even oneself.”

Sponsors of reading are the Duck Store and the UO Libraries.

Barbara Pope serves on the advisory board of the Center for the Study of Women in Society's (CSWS) Women Writers Project and will moderate a panel on Saturday, May 11, at the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium: “Common Ground: Land, Language, Story,” at the Eugene Public Library from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.