University of Wisconsin - Stout

Nov. 6, 2009

The University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie will host Clarissa Pinkola Estés, poet, activist and best-selling author of the groundbreaking book “Women Who Run With The Wolves,” for a free performance from 7-8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center.

Estés, who is deputy managing editor and columnist for TheModerateVoice.com and a columnist at “The National Catholic Reporter” online, also is a Diplomat Senior Jungian psychoanalyst, a post-trauma specialist at Columbine High School and community, and a cantadora (a story-keeper of the Latina tradition).

Her performance at UW-Stout is sponsored by the student organization Manifesta; Women and Gender Studies; the Stout Student Association; the English and philosophy department; the College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences; and the Provost's Office.

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact director of Women Studies, Kate Thomas, at wgs@uwstout.edu or 715-232-1395; or Manifesta president, Kate Erickson, at ericksonc@uwstout.edu .