K-State First Book provides incoming students with a shared academic experience that they can discuss with professors, staff, administrators and other students when they arrive on campus. K-State First Book, the all-university reading program that is part of K-State First, selects a common book for the academic year and coordinates classroom and campus activities to correspond with the reading. 'We look forward to the insights she will share about her award-winning novel and her work as an author.' 'We're honored to host Cherie Dimaline for this virtual presentation,' said Karin Westman, chair of the K-State First Book PR/events committee and department head of English. The protagonist, Frenchie, struggles to survive in a world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.ĭuring the lecture, Dimaline will perform a reading and offer remarks about her creative work and its themes.ĭimaline's lecture is sponsored by K-State First Book, the Student Governing Association Diversity Programming Committee and Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society. 'The Marrow Thieves' is an award-winning and bestselling novel that tells the story of a dystopian future where humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming. ' I'm glad that our students will have an opportunity to ask her questions and learn more of her thoughts.' ' Everyone is excited to be in the virtual presence of the author,' said Tara Coleman, coordinator of the K-State First Book committee and associate professor at K-State Libraries. A K-State eID and password are required to view the lecture.

Visit the K-State First Book website for the livestream link and connection information. The lecture, 'An Evening with Cherie Dimaline,' will be at 7 p.m. MANHATTAN - Kansas State University students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to hear from Cherie Dimaline - the award-winning author of the K-State 2021 common book ' The Marrow Thieves ' - during a Sept.

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