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Second visiting writer on campus Wednesday
February 28, 2008
The Visiting Writer Series continues Wednesday, March 5 with author Tony D’Souza. He will host the Writer’s Story is at 5 p.m. in Garfield Book Company at PLU and read from his work at 8 p.m. in room 100 of Ingram Hall.
D’Souza is the author of the novel “Whiteman,” which chronicles the daily struggles of an African village during a time of war, as well as the increasing psychic and cultural isolation of the lone foreign relief worker who lives in it. Born and raised in Chicago, D’Souza served three years in the Peace Corps in West Africa as a rural AIDS educator.
He earned his master’s degrees in writing from Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire and McSweeney’s. He has received awards from the NEA, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.
The spring series concludes on Tuesday, April 22 with poet Mary Oliver. Tickets are required to attend Oliver’s evening reading, which will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration. More information on tickets is available here.
The series is sponsored by the English department, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Wild Hope Project, Garfield Book Company at PLU, the Rainier Writing Workshop, Student Involvement and Leadership, residential life and ASPLU.
He earned his master’s degrees in writing from Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire and McSweeney’s. He has received awards from the NEA, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.
The spring series concludes on Tuesday, April 22 with poet Mary Oliver. Tickets are required to attend Oliver’s evening reading, which will also mark PLU’s Earth Day celebration. More information on tickets is available here.
The series is sponsored by the English department, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Wild Hope Project, Garfield Book Company at PLU, the Rainier Writing Workshop, Student Involvement and Leadership, residential life and ASPLU.