Texts in the City – Dreams from My Father
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Where
When
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2011, 04:30pm - 05:15pm
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Past event

There comes a point, when a book or film becomes a text, that study can take the joy out of reading. Every Tuesday afternoon in terms one and two, we try to rediscover a sense of love and wonder about the texts on the VCE English list.
This week, it’s Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
Featuring
Featuring

Glenn Moore is an academic at La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne with a research emphasis on American labour and the American labour movement. Glenn completed a Masters at Penn State University, and his PhD at the University of Melbourne. He has lectured at the Australian National U... Read more

Jenny Niven was the Wheeler Centre’s Associate Director. She is currently Portfolio Manager for Literature, Publishing and Languages at Creative Scotland. Jenny came to Australia in early 2010 after 6 years in Beijing, where she directed the events program at The Bookworm, China’s foremost Engli... Read more
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