Feb. 17: Thai-American author to present reading and workshop at CLC

Posted February 02, 2016 10:00 pm

College of Lake County

Ira Sukrungruang, a Chicago born Thai-American author and professor, will read from his work and answer audience questions in a College of Lake County Reading Series event being held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17 in Room C003 at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. He will also conduct a workshop for writers from 3-4:15 p.m. in Room T347. Both events are free and open to the public.

Sukrungruang is the author of two memoirs, "Southside Buddhist," which won the 2015 American Book Award and a Bronze Medal in the Florida Book Awards, "Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy," a poetry collection "In Thailand It Is Night" and a forthcoming short story collection, "The Melting Season." He is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of South Florida.

For more information, contact Robin Kacel, English instructor, at (847) 543-2561 or rkacel@clcillinois.edu. The event is presented by the college's Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division and the Diversity Commission.

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