Tuesday, November 04, 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Dinaw Mengestu at the Central Library and Christian Brothers University
We are one hour and thirty minutes away from the Memphis Reads city-wide event for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and everyone is invited to attend.
If you have read the book, join us!
If you want to read the book, join us!
If you want to learn about American life from an immigrant's perspective, join us!
Author Dinaw Mengestu made an appearance on WREG Live at 9 this morning and he was featured in Friday's edition of The Commercial Appeal (Author Dinaw Mengestu Makes Memphis Appearances).
Don't miss this opportunity to see him in person, along with our guest panel of local immigrant authors.
If you
haven't read the book, join us!
If you want to read the book, join us!
If you want to learn about American life from an immigrant's perspective, join us!
Author Dinaw Mengestu made an appearance on WREG Live at 9 this morning and he was featured in Friday's edition of The Commercial Appeal (Author Dinaw Mengestu Makes Memphis Appearances).
Don't miss this opportunity to see him in person, along with our guest panel of local immigrant authors.
Dinaw Mengestu Reading
Local Author Panel Discussion
5:30 p.m.
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
3030 Poplar Ave.
Meeting rooms A - C
Dinaw Mengestu Address & Book Signing
8:00 p.m.
Christian Brothers University Theatre
650 East Parkway South
38104
Labels: Immigration Stories, Library Events and Programs, Memphis Reads Citywide, Memphis Reads Citywide 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Dinaw Mengestu visit and Immigrant stories panel TODAY!
November 4th is finally here!
After you exercise your right to vote in today's election, don't forget to make your way to the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 5:30 p.m. for a fantastic event--a visit from Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, the Memphis Reads city-wide book selection.
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| Panelists: Adams, Blatteis, and Gbee |
We want to extend a special thank you to CBU's Fresh Reads top ten essay winners who shared personal but powerful stories for this initiative. We also want to say thanks to the organizations that made this event possible.
Labels: CBU Fresh Reads 2014, Immigration Stories, Library Events and Programs, Memphis Reads Citywide, Memphis Reads Citywide 2014
Monday, November 03, 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Dinaw Mengestu in Memphis tomorrow, November 4th, 2014
"Toward the end of Dinaw Mengestu's first novel, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, the book's narrator, an Ethiopian immigrant who has been living in the United States for nearly 20 years, encapsulates the bleak, unmoored nature of his life in the U.S. with an aphorism: ''A man stuck between two worlds lives and dies alone.'"
Read the full Dinaw Mengestu interview, Stuck Between Two Worlds: A Writers' Fest Preview, from The Tyee.
Intrigued by that powerful aphorism? You can see Dinaw Mengestu in person tomorrow at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and at Christian Brothers University Theater.
A reminder of tomorrow's MEMPHIS READS events:
5:30 pm - Author Dinaw Mengestu's reading at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave., Meeting Rooms A-C
6:30 pm - Memphis Immigrants' Panel Discussion at Central Library with Della Adams, Dr. Clark Blatteis, and Morris Gbee.
8:00 pm - Author Dinaw Mengestu's Talk and Book Signing at Christian Brothers University, CBU University Theatre, 650 East Parkway South
All ages are welcome to this free event.
Labels: Immigration Stories, Library Events and Programs, Memphis Reads Citywide, Memphis Reads Citywide 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Memphis Reads City Wide Event November 4, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
We hope you enjoyed reading the top ten winning essays from Christian Brothers University's Fresh Reads program. These essays were inspired by themes from The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu.
The time is fast approaching. We are seven days away from our Memphis Reads event, which is Tuesday November 4, 2014.
Details:
5:30 pm - Author Dinaw Mengestu's reading at Benjamin L. Hooks
Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave., Meeting
Rooms A-C
6:30 pm - Memphis Immigrants' Panel Discussion at Central Library
with Della Adams, Dr. Clark Blatteis, and Morris Gbee.
8:00 pm - Author Dinaw
Mengestu's Talk and Book Signing at Christian Brothers University, CBU University Theatre, 650 East Parkway South
From our local media: Dinaw Mengestu- Alive, Writing & Reading from Tri-State Defender
Don't miss this exciting event.
From our local media: Dinaw Mengestu- Alive, Writing & Reading from Tri-State Defender
Don't miss this exciting event.
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
Thursday, October 23, 2014
[Library Events and Programs] Dinaw Mengestu Reading and Immigrant Experience Panel Discussion
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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.
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
