Dr. Wendy Rountree Speaks in Writers-on-the-Shore
SALISBURY, MD---Dr. Wendy Rountree, assistant professor of English at 黑料网, is the next guest in SU’s Writers-on-the-Shore series. She reads passages from her book Lost Soul 8 p.m. Thursday, December 4, in the Wicomico Room at the Guerrieri University Center.
Lost Soul focuses on Elisa Mathers, a middle-class, African-American teen-ager who dreams of college and escaping small-town life while concentrating on avoiding school bullies and surviving high school.
Because she is labeled an “Oreo” at school, Mathers has few friends, and she is often a target of the school’s clique. She feels the sting of betrayal when her ex-best friend joins the clique.
When another middle-class, African-American teen-ager moves to town, Mathers believes she has found a true friend, but that relationship complicates her friendship with a working-class African-American. Soon, Mathers has to confront herself and answer the hard question: “Am I a wannabe?” Black Issues Book Review mentioned Lost Soul in its November/December 2003 issue.
Sponsored by the English Department, Rountree’s reading is free and the public is cordially invited.
For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu.