WHO: Ishmael Beah, a former “child soldier” in Sierra Leone, having been conscripted, given a copious amount of drugs and turned into a killer at age 13—who survived his ordeal, regained his humanity and wrote the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
WHAT: Giving a talk titled “A Long Way Gone: A Story of Redemption and Hope,” in the Distinguished Speakers Series.
WHEN: 8 p.m. April 8
WHERE: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
TICKETS: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or
RELATED EVENT: “Just the Facts, Ma’am?” Forum@MC, 5 p.m. April 6, Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center. Free. With David Simpson, G.B. Needham Distinguished Professor of English; and Steve Magagnini, staff writer, The Sacramento Bee, and Ƶ lecturer. The panel is expected to examine the boundaries between memoir and fiction, and explore the future of nonfiction in the new century.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu