![]() October 26, 2018: An Evening with Ronald Wright and Deborah Campbell In his spare time he performs in a rock ’n’ roll band with members of his Tour de Rock cycling team. Knox’s career highlights include being blasted with blowhole spray by Luna the orca whale, interviewing a nude porn star, and getting a phone call from Barack Obama four days before the 2008 presidential election. A third book, On The Rocks With Jack Knox: Islanders I Will Never Forget, will be published in fall 2018. Jack Knox is the author of two bestselling humour books, Hard Knox: Musings from the Edge of Canada and Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing, both based on his popular column at the Victoria Times Colonist and both long-listed for the Leacock Medal for Humour. November 23, 2018: An Evening with Jack Knox ![]()
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Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wrights. ![]() Highly influenced by (urban) naturalism, Wright focuses on the misery of black ghetto life and reflects on the role and legitimacy of violence in the struggle for individual recognition. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago during the Great Depression, Richard Wright’s influential and controversial novel Native Son (1940) highlights the devastating effects of racial segregation, oppression, and poverty on African Americans. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. ![]() ![]() ![]() And then things really start to get strange - and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. 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