# Event Details - **Event Name**: MSU’s Mike Copperman’s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler’s Journey - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: Kenny Cox devoted his life to wrestling: winning ten Oregon championships in collegiate, freestyle, and Greco-Roman and five junior national championships. But when his college career came to a close, Cox realized he wasn’t sure who he was or how to go about living his life. A few years later, he walked from Oregon to Mexico and back, and upon his return, sold his house and flew to Kauai, where he ventured deep into the wilderness and survived seventy days without supplies. Just weeks after reemerging from the wild, he died at the age of thirty-one. Michael Copperman considers the life and untimely death of Cox, reconstructing memories of his former training partner with the help of Cox’s family, friends, fans, and fellow wrestlers. Seeking Kenny is, in part, an ode to a storied athlete. But it’s also a cautionary tale about the mental and bodily extremes Cox demanded for his achievements. Copperman asks what it means to live past one’s “glory days,” and what roles loss, grief, faith, and memory play when athletes leave pieces of themselves behind. about the author Michael Copperman is an assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures at Michigan State University. His work has appeared in The Oxford-American, Guernica, The Sun, Creative Nonfiction, Boston Review, Salon, Gulf Coast, Triquarterly, Kenyon Review and Copper Nickel, among others, and has won awards and garnered fellowships from the Munster Literature Center, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Oregon Literary Arts, and the Oregon Arts Commission. His memoir Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta (University Press of Mississippi 2017), about the rural black public schools of the Mississippi Delta, was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award in CNF. Copperman was once one of the best wrestlers in the Western United States, and attended Stanford on wrestling scholarship. His book, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler’s Journey, is about the extremes of the American subculture of wrestling as seen through the story of five-time national champion Kenny Cox’s pilgrimage deep into the wilderness of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast, and is available for pre-order now from University of Iowa Press. His work is represented by David Dunton of Harvey Klinger. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lansing/msus-mike-coppermans-release-of-seeking-kenny-a-wrestlers-journey/200030238314614 - **Event Categories**: Sports, Art, literary-art, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Lansing - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: Everybody Reads, Books and Stuff - **lat**: 42.73387 - **long**: -84.52159 - **full address**: Everybody Reads, Books and Stuff, 2019 E Michigan Ave,Lansing, Michigan, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: MSU’s Mike Copperman’s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler’s Journey - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/0777db86c7607854ce4ada445c7d83722ca47f73688d827970af770c0ee1c033-rimg-w640-h960-dcdcdad3-gmir?v=1781543834 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is MSU s Mike Copperman s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler s Journey being held? - **A:** MSU s Mike Copperman s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler s Journey takes place on Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Everybody Reads, Books and Stuff, 2019 E Michigan Ave,Lansing, Michigan, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing MSU s Mike Copperman s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler s Journey? - **A:** MSU s Mike Copperman s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler s Journey is organized by Everybody Reads, Books and Stuff. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** MSU s Mike Copperman s Release of, Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler s Journey is ideal for sports fans, athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and anyone who loves the thrill of live competitive action and the energy of a crowd. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Lansing, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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