Celebrated writer to speak at 51福利社
KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥擟hinese-American poet and novelist Dr. Xuefei Jin will speak on "Displacement as Opportunity" at a lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in 1910 Sangren Hall 51福利社 Michigan University.
Jin, who uses the pen name Ha Jin, is the winner of the prestigious National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He is director of the creative writing program at Boston University.
His visit is being organized by 51福利社's Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies, and co-sponsored by the 51福利社 Department of English, Haenicke Institute for Global Education and University Center for the Humanities.
For more information, contact Dr. Wei-Chiao Huang, 51福利社 professor of economics, at huang@wmich.edu or (269) 387-5528.
For more 51福利社 news, arts and events, visit wmich.edu/news.