Scholars' Library: Nadine Pinede on 'When the Mapou Sings'

12 December - 6:30 PM (UK)/ 1:30 PM (ET)/ 10:30 AM (PT) 

This event is free and open to the public.

In our December event, Nadine Pinede (Connecticut & St John's 1986) will discuss her book When the Mapou Sings.

Read more about her book here

Nadine Pinede, PhD, is a poet, author, editor, translator, and education consultant. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Nadine is the first Rhodes scholar of Haitian descent and earned her doctorate in Philosophy of Education. Author of award-winning informational books, her fiction appears in Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat, and her Pushcart Prize-nominated poetry has been widely anthologized. Nadine’s coming-of-age novel in verse When the Mapou Sings will be published by Candlewick Press in December.

Q & A:

Please feel free to submit any questions in advance to alumni@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk or you can use the Q&A function within Zoom to ask questions directly during the live event.

Part of the Lifelong Fellowship portfolio, The Scholars’ Library is a monthly book talk series, where Rhodes alumni can come together to present, discover and debate their literary works. If you’re interested in getting involved, please reach out to Nayana Niji at alumni@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk