WVC 访问ing Writers Series presents Michael Copperman reading Feb. 23

Media Contacts:
Erin Tofte-Nordvik, office of diversity, equity 和 inclusion director, 509.682.6868
Heather Ryan, English faculty, 509.682.6720
Libby Siebens, community relations executive director, 509.682.6436(我的. ——碰头.)

January 23, 2017

Author Michael Copperman will read from his memoir 老师: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta, on Thursday, Feb. 23. The first reading is from 12-1 p.m.  in McArthur Lecture Hall, Wenatchi Hall 和 at the Omak campus, room 902, via ITV. The second is at 5:30 p.m. in The Grove Recital Hall, Music 和 Art Center. Both readings are free 和 open to 公众.

One reviewer describes 老师 as “the son of a West Coast doctor, a Stanford grad, an Asian-American awake to injustice 和 hoping to make a difference by joining Teach For America,” who becomes “the ultimate outsider in the black-和-white world of the Delta.”

Copperman has taught writing to low-income, first-generation students of diverse backgrounds at the University of Oregon for the last decade. His prose has appeared in The Oxford American, 太阳, Creative Nonfiction, 沙龙, 墨西哥湾沿岸, 格尔尼卡, 连雀 和 铜镍矿, among other magazines, 和 has won awards 和 garnered fellowships from the Munster Literature Center, Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, Oregon Literary Arts 和 the Oregon Arts Commission. University Press of Mississippi published 老师 in September 2016.

In addition to his own writing, Copperman also helps run The Oregon Writers’ Collective, a group co-founded by WVC English faculty Heather Ryan. Through readings 和 workshops, they foster a vibrant community to nurture working literary writers, particularly those who are beginning their careers, by connecting them with audiences 和 developing their 工艺.

Daily parking passes on the 皇冠8868会员登录 campus cost $2. 停车 permit machines are available in the Wells Hall/Music 和 Art Gallery, Smith Gym, Brown 图书馆 和 Sexton 大厅里很多. 学生 must have valid WVC parking permits.

WVC Speaks is sponsored by the WVC Office of Diversity, Equity 和 包容, the Transfer English Division, 和 Ginny 和 Nelson Martin.

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