Thursday, October 23, 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Dinaw Mengestu Reading and Immigrant Experience Panel Discussion
Who are the panelists?
Dr. Clark Blatteis: Holocaust survivor who was a passenger on the St. Louis, a ship that rescued refugees from Nazi Germany in 1939. He is the author of Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust, which was adapted into the film, Voyage of the Damned.
Morris M. Gbee: is a former Liberian War child soldier and Iraq War veteran. He is the author of War Face: Based on Real Life Experiences During the Liberian Civil War.
Morris M. Gbee: is a former Liberian War child soldier and Iraq War veteran. He is the author of War Face: Based on Real Life Experiences During the Liberian Civil War.
Jonathan Judaken will serve as discussion moderator. Judaken is the Spence L. Wilson Chair in Humanities at Rhodes College and host of "Counterpoint," a radio program on WKNO-FM.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for November 4, 2014.
The author reading by Dinaw Mengestu begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by a panel discussion of immigration stories scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. Call (901) 415-2709 for more information.
For information about the 8:00 p.m. talk with Dinaw Mengestu at CBU University Theater call (901) 321-3270. CBU University Theater is located on the Christian Brothers University campus, 650 E. Parkway South, 38104.
This event is offered in partnership with Christian Brothers University as a part of the Memphis Reads initiative, a city-wide effort to promote literacy in Greater Memphis.
Labels: Immigration Stories, Library Events and Programs, Memphis Reads Citywide, Memphis Reads Citywide 2014