Their lectures, readings and discussions are open to the public without charge. Rhode Islander Frank Grzyb, author of Touched by the Dragon, will lead a workshop to encourage veterans who write, and Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh, author of the memoir South Wind Changing, will lead a workshop to encourage writing from the Southeast Asian community.
All events are free and open to the public.
The event is sponsored by the University's English Department and Creative Writing Program. Frank Grzyb leads an open forum to encourage veterans, including nurses, to write their stories. Tim O'Brien, author of the fiction book, The Things They Carried, delivers a President's Lecture. 1-5 p.m., Alumnae Hall, Crystal Room, Meeting Street. The invited writers will discuss their experiences in Vietnam, its legacy in their lives, the ways they have written about it, and different genres.