{"id":1860,"date":"2012-01-27T16:47:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T21:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:26:03","slug":"gries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Non-fiction author Stephanie Griest to speak Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1861\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Griest_StephanieE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1861\" title=\"Griest_StephanieE\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Griest_StephanieE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Griest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Non-fiction author Stephanie Elizondo Griest, who has mingled with the Russian Mafiya, polished propaganda in China and belly danced with rumba queens in Cuba,\u00a0will give a reading Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room in Wilson Library at UNC.<\/p>\n<p>The talk by Griest, whose works include <em>Around the Bloc<\/em> and <em>Mexican Enough<\/em>, is sponsored by the creative writing program and the department of English and comparative literature.<\/p>\n<p>Griest&#8217;s adventures inspired her award-winning memoirs <em>Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana<\/em> (Villard\/Random House, 2004), <em>Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines<\/em> (Washington Square Press\/Simon &amp; Schuster, 2008), and the guidebook <em>100 Places Every Woman Should Go<\/em> (Travelers&#8217; Tales, 2007). She won the 2007 Richard J. Margolis Award for Social Justice Reporting, got inducted into PEN in 2008, and edited the 2010 volume of <em>Best Women&#8217;s Travel Writing<\/em> (Travelers&#8217; Tales, 2010).<\/p>\n<p>For Ms. Griest&#8217;s complete bio, please go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/2012\/01\/27\/gries\/\">http:\/\/aroundthebloc.com\/bloc_head.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-fiction author Stephanie Elizondo Griest, who has mingled with the Russian Mafiya, polished propaganda in China and belly danced with rumba queens in Cuba,\u00a0will give a reading Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room in Wilson Library at UNC. 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