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Ethnic gardens are topic of author Patricia Klindienst´s talk Nov. 3
November 01, 2006
For immediate release - Nov. 1, 2006 Contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu NEW LONDON, Conn. - Author Patricia Klindienst will speak about her most recent book, "The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans," at 11:45 a.m. on Nov. 3 in the Blaustein Humanities Center, room 210, at Connecticut College.
Klindienst wrote her book after traveling the United States for three years and interviewing people from all different ethnic groups, including Italians, Native Americans (Tesuque Pueblo, Mohegan and Pequot), Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Polish, Japanese, Khmer, Punjabis and Hispanics. In this work, she discusses some of the most important issues facing these groups today, including social crises, injustice and environmental need for sustainability, in relation to gardens and food.
In addition to writing, Klindienst teaches creative writing each summer at Yale University.
Klindienst´s talk is sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, Botany and Environmental Studies, as well as the Goodwin-Niering Center (CCBES) and the New London Green Party, and is part of Connecticut College´s "Common Hour" series.
Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 85-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu. -CC-
For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu