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Center for Near Eastern Studies Book Talk
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October 01, 2009 from 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm |
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| Where | 6275 Bunche Hall |
| Contact Email | cnes@international.ucla.edu |
| Contact Phone | 310-825-1181 |
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Gregory Orfalea, Georgetown University - "An Arab American Grows Up in L.A."
Gregory Orfalea is the author of eight books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir, the latest a collection of memoirs and essays ("Angeleno Days") published in 2009 on the University of ArizonaPress. His short story collection, "The Man Who Guarded the Bomb" is to appear in 2010 on Syracuse University Press.
Currently, he is teaching Arab American Literature at Georgetown in the Center for ContemporaryArab Studies. He has directed the writing program and Center for Writing at Pitzer College of the
Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. Professor Orfalea has won several awards for his writing, including grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the California ArtsCouncil. He has served as a judge for the American PEN Award in Research Nonfiction and the ArabAmerican Book Award.