Castro Valley Teen to Serve On Panel With Nobel Prize Winner

Castro Valley CA

03 January, 2022

4:41 PM

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CASTRO VALLEY, CA — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet whose work celebrates and preserves Native American heritage, will join an online discussion at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23, with Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Dorado, who is a student at Castro Valley High School, and Alameda County Librarian Chris Selig. Momaday, who won a Pulitzer in 1969 and has received many other honors, will discuss his book "Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land," free-verse poetry reflecting on his connection to the American landscape and its influence on the Kiowa, a Great Plains tribe. Momaday, who received his doctorate from Stanford University, shares his reverence for the natural world and calls for all to protect Earth. A question-and-answer session will follow the discussion. Visit the Alameda County Library website to register for the event. Copyright © 2022 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.