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Writers in Conversation: The Ongoing Ancient Srikanth Reddy & Michael Bazzett, moderated by Dan Beachy-Quick Tuesday, December 3, 7pm on ZOOMhttps://bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-GsrjMpG91idEtMgUsjL-PgGce5FWqc (https://bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-GsrjMpG91idEtMgUsjL-PgGce5FWqc) Poets Srikanth Reddy and Michael Bazzett will join West Branch contributing editor Dan Beachy-Quick will discuss the persistence of the ancient in contemporary poetry. Moderator Dan Beachy-Quick is Professor of English at Colorado State University and the author of many publications in multiple genres, including six collections of poetry. Michael Bazzett is the author of four collections of poetry and the translator of the Mayan origin epic The Popol Vuh, which was acclaimed by The New York Times. Srikanth Reddy's latest book of poetry is Underworld Lit, a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry. Reddy is the poetry editor of Paris Review and a professor at the University of Chicago.

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Globally renowned for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the originalStar Trekseries, Takei boasts an acting career spanning six decades with appearances in more than 40 feature films and numerous television shows. Beyond his iconic role onStar Trek, Takei's life is marked by his advocacy for social justice, LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality. As a child, Takei and his family were wrongfully imprisoned in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II, a personal history that has fueled his passion for activism and that he recounted in theNew York Times-bestselling graphic memoirThey Called Us Enemy, which was the first-year Common Reading for Bucknell's Class of 2026. Takei's extensive voiceover work includes appearances onThe Simpsons, FuturamaandAvatar: The Last Airbender. He also provided narration for the PBS seriesThe National Parks: America's Best Ideaand the Peabody Award-winning radio documentaryCrossing East. He earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording category for the filmStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In addition to his screen work, Takei made his Broadway debut in 2015 with the musicalAllegiance, inspired by his wartime experiences. Takei's contributions to U.S.-Japanese relations earned him Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. He continues to inspire through his YouTube series,Takei's Take, his social media presence and ongoing advocacy.Event InformationAll Bucknell Forum events are free and open to the public, although tickets are required. Current Bucknell students and employees may receive up to two free tickets at any campus box office location, or online, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. one day prior to the event. A valid Bucknell University ID is required to receive advance tickets. Use of multiple Bucknell IDs to pick up additional sets of tickets is prohibited.Remaining tickets will be available for the general public at the Weis Center box office beginning at 6 p.m. on the day of the event. All individuals may receive up to two free tickets, depending on availability.An ASL interpreter will be signing at the event for the deaf community. Attendees who need this service should contactsebright@bucknell.edufor seating arrangements.Questions regarding this event may be directed to theDivision of Marketing & Communicationsat 570-577-3260 ortheforum@bucknell.edu.

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Kim's first book, Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City (Yale University Press, 2000), is the recipient of the American Political Science Association's Ralph Bunche Award for the Best Book on Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism and a Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Her second book, Dangerous Crossings: Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age (Cambridge University Press, 2015), is the recipient of a Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Her third book, Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World (Cambridge University Press, 2023), was selected for NPR's Books We Love list for 2023. Dr. Kim has delivered numerous keynote and plenary talks within the U.S. and abroad. She has written many journal articles, book chapters, and essays, and she was co-editor of a special issue of American Quarterly entitled Species/Race/Sex (2013) and co-organizer of the Race and Animals Institute at Wesleyan University in 2016. She was the recipient of a grant from the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, and she has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, PBS, and NPR, and her popular writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The American Scholar, and Ms. Magazine. She is regularly interviewed on podcasts, documentary films, and various media on topics relating to race, animals, and ecology. Dr. Kim is also a poet whose work is published in Triquarterly, The Ilanot Review, Ghost City Review, and The Missouri Review, among other places.

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O'Leary is the chairman of O'Shares Investments and Beanstox, an automated internet-based investment advisory service. He also holds investments in over 50 private venture companies across a wide range of sectors. He is a member of Boston's 120-year-old Hamilton Trust, the oldest investment club in the U.S. He has been a contributor to CNBC, ABC News and Good Morning America and a venture capitalist. O'Leary is also an investor/host of ABC Television's five-time Emmy Award-winning venture capital reality programs Shark Tank and Beyond the Tank, produced by MGM/Sony/ABC. O'Leary is author of three No. 1 New York Times best-selling books: Cold Hard Truth, Men, Women and Money, and Family Kids and Money. After completing his MBA at the Ivey Business School of the University of Western Ontario in 1980, O'Leary worked briefly as an assistant product manager at Nabisco Brands. He left to pursue a career in television production and became a founding partner in Special Event Television, an independent production company that produced original sports programming. In 1986, he co-founded SoftKey Software, the first software company to apply the principles of consumer goods marketing to the software industry. SoftKey grew quickly as the price of personal computers declined and millions of North American families began to buy software for family education and entertainment. After a series of acquisitions, SoftKey changed its name to The Learning Company in 1996. In May 1999, The Mattel Toy Company acquired The Learning Company for $4.2 billion. In 2003, O'Leary became co-investor and a director in Storage Now, a leading developer of climate-controlled storage facilities. Through a series of development projects and acquisitions, Storage Now became an owner/operator of storage services with facilities located in 11 cities serving such companies as Merck and Pfizer when it was acquired by the In-Storage REIT in March 2007 for $110 million. In July 2007, O'Leary became a founding Special Purpose Acquisition Company investor and director of Stream Global Services Inc., focused on the growing outsourcing business services market.Event Information O'Leary is one of four nationally renowned speakers participating in this year's Bucknell Forum — a speaker series that since 2007 has featured national leaders, scholars and commentators who have examined various issues from multidisciplinary and diverse viewpoints. All Bucknell Forum events are free and open to the public, although tickets are required. Current Bucknell students and employees may receive up to two free tickets at any campus box office location, or online, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. one day prior to the event. A valid Bucknell University ID is required to receive advance tickets. Use of multiple Bucknell IDs to pick up additional sets of tickets is prohibited. Remaining tickets will be available for the general public at the Weis Center box office beginning at 6 p.m. on the day of the event. All individuals may receive up to two free tickets, depending on availability. Questions regarding this event may be directed to the Division of Marketing & Communications (mailto:https://www.bucknell.edu/azdirectory/marketing-communications) at 570-577-3260 or theforum@bucknell.edu (mailto:theforum@bucknell.edu).

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