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Illinois Valley Community College’s Jacobs Library will host renowned poet, scholar and conceptual sound artist Jonah Mixon-Webster at noon, Wednesday, April 5, in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre.
A presentation on the signs of domestic violence will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Peru Public Library. The local nonprofit Safe Journeys will be talking
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Author Esi Edugyan discusses Washington Black, slavery with Victor Valley College students
By Tim Adell
Special to the Victorville Daily Press
World-famous writer Esi Edugyan recently spoke to Victor Valley College students via Zoom about her bestselling novel about a young boy who escapes slavery in Barbados and has adventures that range from the Caribbean, to the Arctic Circle, to England and North Africa.
The novel, “Washington Black,” was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and it won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and Scotiabank-Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award. Published in 2018, it has been translated and loved all over the world.