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Author Stephen G. Bloom to Speak at DMACC Campuses
Posted 4/4/08

Author Stephen G. Bloom will speak at the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) as part of the 2008 Iowa Studies Forum.

Bloom, author of Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, will speak at three DMACC campuses on April 10.  These presentations are free and open to the public.

• Boone Campus: 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Auditorium
• Carroll Campus: 9 to 10:15 a.m., Room 142
• Urban Campus: 2 to 3:30 p.m., Room 124-126 in Bldg. #1

Bloom’s critically acclaimed book on Postville, Iowa was a Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperbacks Book Club selection and was named a Best Book of the Year by MS-NBC, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.

Bloom is also the author of Inside the Writer’s Mind: Writing Narrative Journalism and also The Oxford Project.

He is also the keynote speaker at the 2008 Iowa Studies Forum dinner to be held Apr. 11 at the State Historical Society in Des Moines.

This year’s theme is “The World in Iowa: Immigrants and Immigration,” and will feature 20 morning educational presentations and a luncheon with former Governor Tom Vilsack on the DMACC Ankeny Campus.

The afternoon and evening session will feature a panel discussion on immigration, along with a concluding reception and dinner at the Historical Society. Registration fees are $20 for the morning session, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch; $25 for the afternoon and evening session, which includes dinner; or $40 for both sessions. High school and college students can attend free with registration.

For more information, contact Dr. Lisa Ossian at (515) 964-6568. To register for the 2008 Iowa Studies Forum, visit www.dmacc.edu/iowastudies.

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