A List
10/23/00

NOVELIST DAVID SHIELDS TO SPEAK AT SLU

CANTON -- David Shields, author of two novels, will speak and read 
from his recent work on Wednesday, November 8, at 8 p.m. in the Common 
Room of Sykes Residence Hall at St. Lawrence 
University. The event, part of the St. Lawrence 
Writers Series, is open to the public, free of charge.
	A former St. Lawrence English professor, 
Shields has also published two non-fiction works 
and a collection of linked stories, titled A 
Handbook for Drowning. His most recent book, 
Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season, 
was a finalist for the National Book Critics 
Circle's award in criticism and the PEN West 
Award in creative non-fiction. Black Planet used 
the Seattle Supersonics' 1994-5 season as a vehicle 
for exploring how white people -- including and 
especially Shields -- think and talk about black heroes, 
scapegoats and bodies. 
	Shields is a professor in the University of Washington's 
program in creative writing and lives in Seattle.
	For more information, contact Assistant Professor of English 
Robert Cowser, at 315-229-5961.

-30-

Back To News Releases
Back to St. Lawrence Homepage