Pop Culture, Politics and Writing
Steve Almond
Thursday, 09 Nov 2006 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Steve Almond is the author of the short story collections The Evil B.B. Chow and My Life in Heavy Metal, the nonfiction book Candyfreak, and is the coauthor (with Julianna Baggott) of the novel Which Brings Me to You. He served as adjunct professor in creative writing at Boston College for five years until publishing an open letter of resignation in the Boston Globe on May 12, 2006, protesting the selection of Condoleezza Rice as the college's 2006 commencement guest speaker. His next book, a collection of essays, will be published by Random House in 2007.Cosponsored By:
- Creative Writing
- Sketch
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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