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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Reading Series: Michael Copperman
LOCATION:Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 231-232\, Cedar and Spruce Rooms\, 1395 
 University Street\, Eugene\, OR 97403
DESCRIPTION:Join the Creative Writing program for a fiction reading by Mic
 hael Copperman.\n\nCopperman’s work has appeared in The Oxford-American\,
  Guernica\, The Sun\, Creative Nonfiction\, Boston Review\, Salon\, Gulf 
 Coast\, Triquarterly\, Kenyon Review and Copper Nickel\, among others. Hi
 s memoir Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta (University Press of
  Mississippi 2017) was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award in CNF. 
 His new book\, Seeking Kenny\, is about the extremes of the American subc
 ulture of wrestling as seen through the story of five-time national champ
 ion Oregon wrestler Kenny Cox’s pilgrimage deep into the wilderness of Ka
 uai’s Na Pali Coast (University of Iowa Press 2026).\n\nCox devoted his l
 ife to wrestling: winning ten Oregon championships in collegiate\, freest
 yle\, and Greco-Roman and five junior national championships. But when hi
 s college career came to a close\, Cox realized he wasn’t sure who he was
  or how to go about living his life. A few years later\, he walked from O
 regon to Mexico and back\, and upon his return\, sold his house and flew 
 to Kauai\, where he ventured deep into the wilderness and survived sevent
 y days without supplies. Just weeks after reemerging from the wild\, he d
 ied at the age of thirty-one.\n\nCopperman considers the life and untimel
 y death of Cox\, reconstructing memories of his former training partner w
 ith the help of Cox’s family\, friends\, fans\, and fellow wrestlers. See
 king Kenny is\, in part\, an ode to a storied athlete. But it’s also a ca
 utionary \n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/d0d593e4-38b2-4039-9d42-44500535
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