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The UMass Visiting Writers Series will host authors Emily Barton and Melanie Rae Thon. Emily Barton is the author of two novels, Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron, both named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has received grants from the Guggenheim

Ken Burns will be on campus to screen his new film The Central Park Five. In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. They spent between six and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed