Category Archives: Guest Authors
Baseball stories
Author Lenny Cassuto will deliver a lecture on “Baseball and the Business of American Innocence” to mark the publication of his new co-edited (with Stephen Partridge) book, The Cambridge Companion to Baseball, on Apr. 19 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. … Continue reading
Cherishing the souls of Black folk
Michael Eric Dyson, a renowned scholar and cultural critic on issues of race, religion, popular culture, and contemporary issues in the African-American community, will give deliver an address on “Cherishing the Souls of Black Folk” on April 16. Dyson is the author of … Continue reading
Writer Colm Toibin
Award-winning author Colm Tóibín, considered one of the foremost Irish novelists of his generation, will speak on Apr. 14 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008. He is the author of six novels (Brooklyn, The South, The Heather Blazing, … Continue reading
Soldier-poet
Brian Turner is a soldier-poet whose debut book of poems, Here, Bullet, won the Beatrice Hawley Award, the Pen Center USA “Best in the West” award, the Poets Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. He will … Continue reading
Irish author Angela Bourke
Angela Bourke, author of The Burning of Bridget Cleary and Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker, will discuss her research with an undergraduate class that is opening up the presentation to the public. The “Irish Material Culture” class will … Continue reading
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from her works on April 7 at 6:00 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008, at an event sponsored by African and African Diaspora Studies Program. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, won the Commonwealth Writers’ … Continue reading
The immigrant and the War on Terror
How does the war on terror impact the lives of immigrants going about their daily lives? Author Amitava Kumar will discuss this and other questions in a lecture drawn from his book, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His … Continue reading
Canaday on Straight State
Historian Margot Canaday will speak on her recent book The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America, winner of the 2010 Ellis W. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians and the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for … Continue reading
Catholic Church & abuse crisis: a view from Ireland
The Irish Times Religious Affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry will discuss child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church on Mar. 24 at 4 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101. McGarry’s work has been recognized with a National Media Award and the Templeton … Continue reading
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Novelist Chang-rae Lee
Novelist Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, will speak on Mar. 22 at 7 p.m. in Murray Function Room. His novels have won numerous awards and citations, including the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the … Continue reading
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