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Edison Community College
Edison Brings
Peace Week Events to Campus
Held in conjunction with the Dayton Literary Peace Prize (DLPP), Edison
State Community College’s English and Communications faculty will be
hosting a week of peace-focused events beginning October 26. All Peace
Week events will be held at Edison’s Piqua Campus and are free and open
to the community. The week’s events include:
Monday, October 26: The Diversity Discussion Group sponsored by the
English Department will meet to discuss select works of this year’s
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Lifetime Achievement winner Gloria Steinem
at 12:15 p.m. in the Library’s Early Childhood Resource Center. William
Loudermilk, Beka Lindeman, and Librarian Katherine Magner will host
this discussion.
Monday, October 26: A reading of selections from this year’s winning
DLPP works at 1:45 p.m. in room 456.
Tuesday, October 27: A special viewing and discussion of the 2014
blockbuster hit American Sniper will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the
Robinson Theatre. William Loudermilk and Steve Marlowe will host a
discussion of the movie following the viewing.
Wednesday, October 28: Ohio poet Fred McLeod will share his work
related to the theme of peace at 1:30 p.m. in room 456.
Friday, October 30: All entries for this year’s English Department
sponsored writing contest are due by 12:00 p.m. via email to William
Loudermilk at wloudermilk@edisonohio.edu.
Monday, November 2: Keynote guest speaker and a recipient of the 2015
DLPP, Josh Weil will speak about his winning debut novel, “The Great
Glass Sea,” which tells the epic story of twin brothers who have been
inseparable since childhood, living on their uncle’s farm. The novel
chronicles love, loss, and light in an all-to-real alternate near
future Russia. Weil’s debut novel has been named a New York Times
Editor’s Choice and Powell’s Indispensable Selection. In addition to
winning the DLPP and the GrubStreet National Book Prize, Weil’s book
has been short-listed for The Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan
First Novel Prize and the Library of Virginia’s Literary Award in
Fiction and was long-listed for VCU Cabell Award. Weil also wrote the
award-winning book, “The New Valley” and has had other fiction writing
appear in Granta, Esquire, Tin House, and One Story. He has written
non-fiction for The New York Times, The Sun, Poets & Writers, and
Time.com. Weil will speak at 12:15 p.m. in the Robinson Theater.
During the week, the “peace walk” will be on display near the Myers
Vacarro Art Gallery and feature a graffiti wall, selfie station, and a
series of quotations about peace.
Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia,
the DLPP is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the
United States. The Prize celebrates the power of literature to promote
peace, social justice, and global understanding. The 2015 DLPP Awards
Ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 1 at the Benjamin J. Shuster
Center in Dayton. This is a sold out event.
For more information regarding Peace Week, contact William Loudermilk
at wloudermilk@edisonohio.edu.
Now in its fifth decade of service, Edison Community College is
committed to providing higher education and advanced training
opportunities for the people of the greater Miami Valley. Edison is
accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools and is recognized with the highest
order attainable by the Ohio Board of Regents. With campuses in Piqua
and Greenville, Edison provides a Personal Experience and Rewarding
Education. Visit us online at www.edisonohio.edu.
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