Income from the fund is used to support one or more public lectures and/or performances related to the First-Year Seminar, or for similar purposes directly related to the academic programs.College can be a challenging time for some students. The Peter Mortensen Endowed Lecture Fund was established in 2006 with a gift from Peter Mortensen, class of 1956, with gratitude for the contribution of The College of Wooster to the success and happiness of three generations of the Mortensen family. As National Ambassador, Reynolds teaches young writers how to start writing authentically: “The greatest gift have is the voice that feels most natural,” he said, in the release. 1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books for young people, and the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

In 2019, he wrote 'Look Both Ways,' for which he won a Carnegie Medal. Over the next four years, Reynolds wrote eight more novels, returning to poetry in 2017 with 'Long Way Down,' a novel in verse that was named a Newbery Honor book, a Printz Honor Book, and best young adult work by the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Awards.

He published his first novel, 'When I Was The Greatest,' in 2014, which won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent that same year. The text is historical and topical, with content and language designed for teens and young adults.īorn in Washington, D.C., Reynolds started writing poetry when he was 9 years old. 'Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You ' is the product of the collaboration between Reynolds and Kendi, exploring both the racist ideas so deeply ingrained in American history, and the hope of an anti-racist future.

The book is a remix of Kendi’s 'Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America ,' which follows five historical figures and the way they dismantled or aggravated racist ideas in America. Kendi was selected as Wooster’s Summer Reading book for first-year students in the class of 2026. ' Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You' by Reynolds and co-author Ibram X. University St., and is free and open to the public. The lecture is slated to take place at McGaw Chapel, 303 E. 1 New York Times best-selling author of books for young people, and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2020-2022), will give The College of Wooster’s Peter Mortensen Lecture at 7 p.m.

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