FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SANDRA HOLLIN FLOWERS was born in Yuma, Arizona, but has called Georgia
home for much of her adult life. Along with the difficult cultural
issues of gender and race, she has grappled with reconciling serious
writing with her faith. He creative and scholarly work include I
Heard Crazy Women Speak: The
Autobiography of a Woman Who Comes of Age in the '60s and Falls
Apart in the '90s (novel, 1998), "Hope of Zion" (short
story, 1994), and "All I Want for Christmas" (two-act play,
1993). Dr. Flowers earned her B.A. and M.F.A in Creative Writing from
the University of Arizona and completed her Ph.D. in African-American
Literature and Political Thought from Emory University in 1990. She
has been an Associate Professor of English at Mercer University in
Macon, Georgia since 1990.
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Sponsors of Sandra Hollin Flowers' visit: GENEVA CAMPUS
MINISTRY, ST. ANDREW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH,
BORECKY MEMORIAL FUND, CAMPBELL MEMORIAL FUND. Cosponsors (to date):
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Inter-Varsity Graduate Fellowship,
Newman Catholic Student Center, United Campus Ministry, First Presbyterian
Church, Good News Bible Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Zion Lutheran
Church, Campus Crusade For Christ, New Life Community Church, St.
Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Coralville United Methodist Church,
and Peace Christian Reformed Church, and Lutheran Campus Ministry.
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