source: John Carroll University
https://advancement.jcu.edu/register/author-series-mejia
The John Carroll University Alumni Association invites you to the next installment of the John Carroll University Alumni Author Series:
Chronicles of what we leave on the shore
featuring Dany Diaz Mejia '11
moderated by Philip Metres, PhD - Professor of English and Director of John Carroll's Peace, Justice and Human Rights Program
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | 7:00 PM (EST)
Donahue Auditorium, Dolan Center for Science and Technology
John Carroll University
Hosted both in person on John Carroll's campus and virtually on the Zoom platform. Log-in information will be provided to registrants in advance of the virtual portion of the event.
About Chronicles of what we leave on the shore: In this collection of personal essays, Dany illustrates what it is like to be a human in Central America. Chronicles is an x-ray of the author's youth and first years of academic and literary training, as well as his doubts and grief related to family, friends, vocation, love for a pet and his community.
In this book, Dany opens up a photo album of the people and characters he loves, loved and will love; to teach a friend to dance or get lost in his absence; to embrace your dog or go again for the first time to Portugal. That's how this book feels: like being always in the right time and place for nostalgia.
About Dany Diaz Mejia '11: Diaz-Mejia grew up in rural Honduras. He graduated from John Carroll University in 2011 with a BA in political science. He also holds a MSc. in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. From 2017 to 2020 he led the field operations of the Academy for Security Analysis. In the Academy, he used his passion for evidence-based public policies to improve citizen security in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. He now works as an independent consultant for international development projects in Central America. In addition to his policy work, he is an author and a frequent writer on current affairs in outlets such as Gato Encerrado of El Salvador. He has also published in America Magazine in the U.S.
Philip Metres, PhD is an American writer, poet, translator, scholar, and essayist. Metres grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, receiving a BA from the College of the Holy Cross, an MA in English, MFA in poetry, and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University at Bloomington. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.” He has received numerous literary honors, fellowships and accolades for his published works, He is currently a Professor of English and the Director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. Metres teaches issues related to nonviolent resistance and peacebuilding in the United States, Middle East, and Northern Ireland.
