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JSRCC English Professors to Hold Book Discussion RICHMOND, VA (January 17, 2007) - J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College will hold its third session of the 2006-2007 Around The World Through Books discussion series on Thursday, February 22. JSRCC English professors Dr. Ghazala Hashmi and Maria Ramos will lead the discussion on Edward P. Jones’ Pulitzer Prize winner, The Known World. The program will start at 7 p.m. in the North Run Corporate Center auditorium located at 1630 East Parham Road. Set in Manchester County, Virginia, 20 years before the Civil War began, Jones’ debut novel, The Known World, is a masterpiece of overlapping plot lines, time shifts, and heartbreaking details of life under slavery. The program is a free community event sponsored by JSRCC’s Cultural Enrichment Committee for the purpose of encouraging cultural diversity throughout the Reynolds campuses and communities. For more information about this event and the forum series, please contact Randy Pittman at 804-523-5499 or visit www.reynolds.edu/library/bookdiscussion/200607.htm ###
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