The works of writer Kama Sywor Kamanda will be celebrated at Grand Valley State University through a series of events. Kamanda has written hundreds of stories and novels and more than a dozen volumes of poetry, all in French. Many have been translated into Japanese, Italian, Greek and English. There will be a poetry reading and book signing on March 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium at the DeVos Center. On March 25, Kamanda will be at the Grand River Room in the Kirkhof Center from 11 a.m. to noon. He will also be a guest of honor at the French Melodies event on March 26 in the Cook-DeWitt Center from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, contact Isabelle Cata of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at 616-331-2477 or [email protected].