Join Director of the Polk School, Robin Hemley, and Co-Director of the MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing, Rita Banerjee, as they engage in a lively discussion in the second of the 2021 season’s Polk Professional Series, “How Do I Become You?” The series highlights the career path and accomplishments of of successful writers, journalists, scientists, adventurers, activists, filmmakers and more, all of whom have made a difference by learning to be powerful communicators and to tell stories that count.
Today’s discussion will be with best-selling author and essayist, Carvell Wallace.
When: October 7, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: POLK INTERVIEW: WITH CARVELL WALLACE, Memoirist
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Carvell Wallace is a New York Times Bestselling author, essayist, and podcaster. He covers arts, culture, race, and sports for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, The New Yorker, and others. He is the co-author of 2017’s bestseller The Sixth Man which explored race in the NBA, and his Peabody-nominated podcast Finding Fred explored the moral and political questions underlying Fred Rogers teachings. He has guest lectured at New York University, the University of Iowa Graduate Writing Program, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and the UC Berkeley Journalism program. He is currently working on a memoir exploring trauma and love in personal relationships. He lives in Oakland and is the father of two.
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