May 25, 2012

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Cc: Ward, Jerry (Mr.)
Subject: An Invitation to Dillard University Professor Jerry Ward's presentation on "Richard Wright and 21st Century Questions," May 25, 2012, from 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Dear Students, Staff, Faculty, and Friends,

Please join us on Friday, May 25, 2012, from 12:30 - 1:30 pm for Dr. Jerry Ward's presentation on "Richard Wright and 21st Century Questions" in the NYIT Center for Humanities and Culture at NUPT, Teaching Building One.

Professor Jerry Ward is a distinguished professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a leading authority on Richard Wright as evidenced by his co-editorship of the Richard Wright Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press, 2006). His work appears inFurious Flower: African American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present (UVA, 2004); this poet scholar is the editor of the anthologyTrouble the Water, 250 Years of African American Poetry (Signet, 1997), and author of the memoirThe Katrina Papers (UNO Press, 2008).

We greatly look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Beverly Dean Fang

Beverly J. Butcher, Ph.D. Dean Fang Zongxiang

Director, Center for Humanities Associate Director, Center for Humanities

and Culture at NUPT and Culture at NUPT