Activity Type:
Cultural Event
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Presenter:
Daiva Markelis
Date:
Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 19:30 to 21:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
CL 144 English Nationality Room
Author Daiva Markelis was raised during the 1960s and 1970s in a Chicago immigrant household where Lithuanian was her first language. Her book "White Field, Black Sheep" explores this collision of old world and new. Come listen to the author speak of recreating the emotional world of adolescence and the hard-won understanding of adulthood with the poignancy of Lithuanian-American life. A $10 donation is suggested.
UCIS Unit:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
Non-University Sponsors:
Lithuanian Room Committee
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
Yes
University Calendar ID:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/white_field_black_sheep_author_talk#.YvJzVhzMLcs