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Part of News Release (March 1, 1974) Professor and author from the University of Pennsylvania to present a reading of his works at TESC
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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
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Dick
black literature."
Nichols,
Infor mation
Director
Services
at
High
the black movement
and