Wardman Library, 7031 Founders Hill Rd, Whittier, CA 90602
An Evening with Jennifer Clement & Sholeh Wolpé
Join us for a conversation about navigating Hollywood, publication and the music industry with two literary virtuosos who have transformed their words into everything from film scripts to opera librettos and plays, books of poetry, novels, memoirs and beyond.
Jennifer Clement, former President of PEN International, is a renowned novelist, memoirist, poet, and screenwriter. Her novel "Prayers for the Stolen" was adapted into an award-winning feature film, and one of memoirs has been tapped for development by Stephen Spielberg.
Sholeh Wolpé is an award-winning Iranian-American poet, playwright, librettist, and literary translator whose work has been translated into multiple languages. Her acclaimed adaptation of Attar's The Conference of the Birds has been performed as an opera, her plays have been staged internationally, and her screenplays have attracted attention from major studios.
Moderated by Tony Barnstone, Professor of English at Whittier College
Books will be available for purchase and signing following the discussion.
Free admission. Open to students, faculty, and the public.
Tony Barnstone, tbarnstone@whittier.edu
