News Release (March 1, 1974) Professor and author from the University of Pennsylvania to present a reading of his works at TESC

Identifier: Release_1973-1974_1974-314
Title: News Release (March 1, 1974) Professor and author from the University of Pennsylvania to present a reading of his works at TESC
Date: 1 March 1974
extracted text: The Evergreen State College

N

Olympia, Washington

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 1974

John Wideman,

98505

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
JUDY ANNIS 866-6128

author and associate

professor

of English

at the University

of

Pennsylvania, will present a reading of his works March 11 at 8 p.m. at The Evergreen
State College.
Sponsored

by Eye-5, Wideman will discuss his most recent novel, The Lynchers,

the third floor rear lounge of the Evergreen

Library Building.

in

His talk is free and

open to the public.
Wideman

has been described

man, Rhodes

by the Philadelphia

Enquirer

scholar and athlete •..who has written

as, "Bright, young black

a novel that firmly establishes

him in the front rank ...as the white critic says --- of contemporary
Wideman's
Faculty

appearance

a federally

at Evergreen

funded organization

the high school and college levels.
School talking with students
women's

is made possible
designed

by the National

to improve humanities

Humanities
teaching

He will spend three days at Timberline

about the relationship

between

liberation

-30-

Dick

black literature."

Nichols,

Infor mation

Director
Services

at

High

the black movement

and