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3/24/08

Author Faith Adiele In St. Lawrence Writers Series

CANTON - Faith Adiele, who starred in the PBS documentary "My Journey Home," about her life, writings and trip to Nigeria, will be at St. Lawrence University on Monday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall. Adiele will speak and read from her work at the event, part of the Writers Series, which is open to the public, free of charge.

Her current projects include Twins: Growing Up Nigerian/Nordic/American, a work of memoir and cultural history, and Coming of Age Around the World, an international anthology for The New Press. Adiele is author of Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun (W.W. Norton) and two children's books (on Nigeria and Kenya) from Harcourt Brace Readers, as well as "My Journey Home." She is an assistant professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.

For more information, contact the English department at 315-229-5125.

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