![]() ![]() Wench follows the lives of four enslaved African American women who are brought to the resort of Tawawa House in Ohio by their wealthy white owners each summer. The author will give a presentation at University of Puget Sound at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, in Wheelock Student Center’s Murray Boardroom. D.C., Memphis, Los Angeles, Riverside, Denver, and Baltimore. Perkins-Valdez will begin a four-month book tour in early January, including stops in New York, Washington. The work of historical fiction, set in pre-Civil War America, has drawn considerable interest and a highly positive response from reviewers of contemporary fiction. – Dolen Perkins-Valdez, assistant professor of English at University of Puget Sound, has published a debut novel, Wench, which is being released by HarperCollins in January 2010. ![]()
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