THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, November 3, 1994 TAG: 9411020072
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E6 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
MARITA GOLDEN, an award-winning writer on African-American culture, began a three-day residency at Norfolk State University on Wednesday.
She will take part in one-on-one encounters with students and will visit classes. At 12:30 this afternoon, Golden will give a free public reading at G.W.C. Brown Theater on campus.
Her first book, ``A Woman's Place,'' was published in 1986 by Ballentine Books. She since has published a memoir and two other novels, ``Long Distance Life'' and ``And Do Remember.'' She also has edited three works on African-American culture and is at work on a fourth novel.
Publisher's Weekly said that her writing ``reflects the conflicts of a pivotal generation
Golden is a senior writer (a teaching/writing position) in the master of fine arts writing program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Sponsors for her residency included Associated Writing Programs, a national literary arts advocacy organization; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium for Creative Writing. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Marita Golden will give a reading today at 12:30 p.m. at NSU.
by CNB