The book, which was chosen by the initiative’s selection committee, is the spring title for university-wide recommended reading.
A native of Cross Lanes, Neema Avashia is the daughter of Indian immigrant parents who moved to the Kanawha Valley in the 1970s, where her father was employed as a physician in the chemical industry. In her book, Avashia shares her experiences with growing up in a close-knit West Virginia community, as well as the complexities of identity she experienced in her journey.
The presentation and Q&A are part of the quality initiative’s overall first-year theme, Complexities of Identity, and will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. in Drinko Library, room 402.
Media and the public are welcome and invited to attend. To view a livestream of the event, visit https://www.marshall.edu/livestream.
The presentation is sponsored by the Birke Fine Arts Symposium 2023, the English department and the College of Liberal Arts. Additional sponsors include the Truist Foundation and the West Virginia Humanities Council.
To learn more about the HLC Quality Initiative at Marshall University, visit https://www.marshall.edu/hlc-qi.