Visiting Fulbright scholar Abdellatif Akbib will give a reading at 4 p.m. on April 20 in the Bundy Reading Room.
A book signing and reception will follow Akbib’s reading. The event is co-sponsored by WSU’s department of English, the department of foreign language and cultures and the College of Liberal Arts.
Professor Akbib was the first Moroccan writer to compose fictional short stories and novels in English. He has taught English and English literature at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan, Morocco, for 20 years, and has twice served as chair of the English department. He also has attended a number of conferences in Morocco and abroad, including the Oxford Conference on Creative Writing in April 2000. This is his second Fulbright grant to WSU.
His publications include the short story collections “Graffiti,” “Between the Lines,” “The Lost Generation,” as well as “Tangier’s Eyes on America,” a travel account of his 1999 Fulbright experiences at WSU. His first novel, “Hearts of Embers,” was published a month ago.
For more information, contact Paula Coomer at 335-6846.
