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Savannah State University Author Day
Did you know?
Asa H. Gordon Library is named for Professor Asa H. Gordon, the first professor at the school to publish a book. He was a professor from 193? to 1941. He met his wife, Joan, at the college, and they were married on the steps of Hill Hall. See more about the Gordons in the display case and on the first floor bulletin board.
In honor of Asa H. Gordon, we are hosting SSU Authors Day on Thursday, April 7. Five authors from the SSU family who have published books will be giving talks about their work. Earn S.T.R.I.P.E.S. credit for attending one of the author talks.
Author Schedule Thursday Afternoon, April 7
| Time | Author | Book/Focus of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Chad Faries, Ph.D Associate Professor of English |
Dr. Faries will discuss his 2011 memoir Drive Me Out of My Mind: 24 Houses in 10 Years and his poetry collections. |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Tina A. Brown, MFA Admin. Asst, Social & Behavioral Sciences |
Crooked Road Straight: The Awakening of AIDS Activist Linda Jordan is journalist Tina A. Brown’s 2008 work covering five decades of Linda Jordan’s journey to activism. |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Patricia Ann West Assistant Professor of English |
The first collection of Professor West’s work, Still Water Words: Poems and Stories from Ancestral Places (2020) is a journey through time and place with West’s Gullah Geechee ancestors. |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
Deborah Johnson-Simon, Ph.D. Scholar-In-Residence |
Dr. Johnson-Simon is an editor of The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology, which focuses on 15 African American anthropologists who trained in the late 1950s and 1960s. |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
Otis S. Johnson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus |
Dr. Johnson's 2016 memoir From "N Word" to Mr. Mayor: Experiencing the American Dream reflects on his journey from his birth in 1942 through Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, affirmative action, and then becoming mayor of the City of Savannah from 2004 to 2011. |
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