Apr 18
Convocation with David Wright Faladé '86 | My 4-Color Bic and the Constitution
David Wright Faladé ’86 is a professor of English at the University of Illinois and was a 2021-2022 Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library.
He is the co-author of the young adult novel Away Running and the nonfiction book Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers, which was a New Yorker notable selection and a St. Louis-Dispatch Best Book of 2001. His most recent books, Black Cloud Rising and The New Internationals, which came out in January.
The recipient of a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, he has written for the New Yorker, Village Voice, Southern Review, Newsday, and more.
This convocation will also be presented as a virtual webinar. Please register in advance if you would like to attend via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.