Symposium to Celebrate “New Voices and Visions”

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May 8 event will feature best-selling authors from UCR’s faculty
By Bettye Miller on April 28, 2017
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“Living the Promise Symposium: New Voices and Visions” on May 8 will feature some of UCR’s best-selling, best-known writers.

RIVERSIDE, California – Artists have long examined the human condition, offering unexpected insights and perspectives of people and places both familiar and unfamiliar. The University of California, Riverside will celebrate some of its best-known, best-selling authors and their unique visions of the world in a symposium on Monday, May 8.
The event, “Living the Promise Symposium: New Voices and Visions,” will feature authors Reza Aslan, host and executive producer of CNN’s documentary series “Believer with Reza Aslan”; Emily Rapp Black, who recently won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship; Tod Goldberg, winner of the Silver Pen Award; Susan Straight, a National Book Award finalist; and Peter Graham, associate dean for arts and humanities in UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS).
“New Voices and Visions” is free and open to the public. The symposium begins at 6 p.m. in the UCR Alumni & Visitors Center, 3701 Canyon Crest Drive. Parking for this event is free in Lot 24, across the street from the Alumni & Visitors Center. Reservations are requested and may be made online.
The symposium is the last of seven in a yearlong series of events that reflect key themes of the university’s comprehensive fundraising campaign announced in October 2016. The $300 million campaign will conclude in 2020 and seeks funding for student support, faculty research, and infrastructure. Campaign themes align with goals outlined in UCR 2020, the university’s strategic plan.
The program will include a clip from an episode of “Believer,” and Emily Rapp Black and Susan Straight will read selections from their work. A Q&A will follow the panel discussion.

Reza Aslan, professor of creative writing, is an internationally renowned author and scholar of ...

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