Author of the Month: Wendy Bashant

Program Type:

Featured, Author Talk, Book Discussion, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Literature, Local Author

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

*NOTE: Due to our neighbors, the Padres, this event was moved to Saturday, May 18th, from 2:00PM-3:30PM!

Please join us for a special evening presenting local author Wendy Bashant and her featured book, The Same Bright  Moon: Teaching China’s New Generation during Covid.  In 2019, Wendy Bashant, a burned-out college dean, quits her job to teach 200 students a class in American culture, in the ancient, walled city of Xi’an, China. The Same Bright Moon is a collaborative memoir highlighting these students through their assignments, discussions and poetry at the height of Covid-19. Their vibrant voices will challenge, inspire, and bring hope for the future.

Light refreshments served. Please scroll down to register.

Wendy Bashant taught and served for over thirty years as a college dean and professor. She has been recognized in national contests: the Peter Taylor Prize for Literature and the Gival Press Novel Award. Her recent book, The Same Bright Moon, is a 2023 New York Book Festival Winner. A graduate of Middlebury College and University of Rochester, she’s currently an adult literacy tutor with San Diego Public Library’s READ/San Diego and volunteers for the San Diego Zoo and Wild Life Alliance.

Author of the Month is a project of the Friends of San Diego Central Library. HELP the Friends to support the Library and become a member.

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