Celebrated writer to speak at 色色啦

Contact: Deanne Puca
March 27, 2018
Headshot: Dr. Xuefei Jin.
Jin

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 at 色色啦 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 色色啦's Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies, and co-sponsored by the 色色啦 Department of English, Haenicke Institute for Global Education and University Center for the Humanities.

For more information, contact Dr. Wei-Chiao Huang, 色色啦 professor of economics, at huang@wmich.edu or (269) 387-5528.

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