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The Problem with the Living: On Writing the People's Race Inc.
February 23, 12:00pm - 1:15pmMānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
Drawn from extensive archival research and one-on-one interviews with more than a dozen principle figures, The People's Race Inc. offers the first complete history of the Honolulu Marathon and an informed critique of how the race has grown beyond its founding principles. In this talk, author Michael Tsai discusses his melding of journalistic and life-writing approaches and the expected and unexpected challenges of dealing with living subjects.
Michael Tsai, Ph.D, is an instructor of English at Kapiolani Community College and a reporter and columnist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. As a journalist, he has written extensively on sports, health care, TV and film, popular culture and local news. The People's Race Inc. is his first book.
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Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus
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Center for Biographical Research, (808) 956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu, http://blog.hawaii.edu/cbrhawaii/
Thursday, February 23 |
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| 12:00pm |
The Problem with the Living: On Writing the People's Race Inc. Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
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| 12:00pm |
"Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move"- Book Launch Mānoa Campus, Saunders 443
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| 1:30pm |
Hit Record: Creating Audio Files for the Classroom and Beyond Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106
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| 3:00pm |
Geology and Geophysics Special Seminar Mānoa Campus, POST 723
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| 4:00pm |
Pacific Biosciences Research Center Seminar Kewalo Marine Laboratory
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| 5:00pm |
Planned Parenthood Generation Action General Membership Meeting Mānoa Campus, Gartley 104
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| 5:15pm |
Student Veterans Organization General Meeting Mānoa Campus, Saunders 222
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| 6:30pm |
Shidler Hong Kong Alumni Event The American Club Hong Kong, The Clipper Room, 48th Floor, Two Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong
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| 6:30pm |
Hanauma Bay Educational Lecture Series Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theater
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| 7:30pm |
New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee Mānoa Campus, Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Museum of Art
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