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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014 Acclaimed writer and translator Achy Obejas will give a free, public lecture on \u201cIdentity and Dislocation\u201d Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Conference Room A of the Campus Center during her residency as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Transylvania University.\n<\/p>\n
\nObejas, a Cuban immigrant, is the author of critically acclaimed novels \u201cRuins\u201d and \u201cDays of Awe\u201d and recently co-edited \u201cImmigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories,\u201d a collection of short stories written by recent immigrants to the United States. In addition to her public talk, she will lead classes and discussions with Transylvania students and faculty during her week-long fellowship.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSeveral faculty members were interested in Obejas and her experience with writing, literature, translation and immigration,\u201d said psychology professor Meg Upchurch, who coordinates the lecture series on campus. \u201cThis will enable members of our campus community to have sustained conversations with her and explore her ideas more in depth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nObejas is the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland, Calif.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges in Washington, D.C., brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders and other professionals to campuses across the United States for a residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures and informal discussions. For 35 years, the Visiting Fellows have introduced students and faculty members at liberal arts colleges to a wide range of perspectives on life, society, community and achievement.\n<\/p>\n
\nPrevious Wilson Fellows at Transylvania have included political journalist Eleanor Clift and artist Robert Shetterly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014 Acclaimed writer and translator Achy Obejas will give a free, public lecture on \u201cIdentity and Dislocation\u201d Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Conference Room A of the Campus Center during her residency as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Transylvania University. Obejas, a Cuban immigrant, is the author of critically acclaimed novels \u201cRuins\u201d and \u201cDays of Awe\u201d and recently co-edited \u201cImmigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories,\u201d a collection of short stories written by recent immigrants to the United States. In addition to her public talk, she will lead classes and discussions with Transylvania students and faculty during her week-long fellowship. \u201cSeveral faculty members were interested in Obejas and her experience with writing, literature, translation and immigration,\u201d said psychology professor Meg Upchurch, who coordinates the lecture series on campus. \u201cThis will enable members of our campus community to have sustained conversations with her and explore her ideas more in depth.\u201d Obejas is the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges in Washington, D.C., brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders and other professionals to campuses across the United States for a residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures and informal discussions. For 35 years, the Visiting Fellows have introduced students and faculty members at liberal arts colleges to a wide range of perspectives on life, society, community and achievement. Previous Wilson Fellows<\/p>\n