UNCA announces upcoming author events for spring semester

Press release from UNCA: 

Erik Larson, Natanya Ann Pulley and N.K. Jemisin will each present readings and book discussions on the UNC Asheville campus, with Larson appearing on Feb. 28, Pulley on March 19, and Jemisin on March 26.

Feb. 28 – Erik Larson

• Larson, in conversation with Denise Kiernan, will discuss his new book, The Splendid and the Vile – A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Larson is the author of seven books including five New York Times bestsellers. Kiernan is the author of New York Times bestsellers, Girls of Atomic City and The Last Castle. This event takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room, presented in partnership by Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, and UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Departments of English and History. Tickets are $35 and include a signed copy of Larson’s new book, with online ordering at www.malaprops.com/event/evening-erik-larson-author-splendid-and-vile

March 19 – Natanya Ann Pulley

• Pulley, author of With Teeth, a Many Voices Project winner in fiction, will read from and discuss her writing. She is a Diné (Navajo) writer working in non-fiction as well as fiction, and her clans are Kinyaa’áani (Towering House People) and Táchii’nii (Red Running into Water People). She’s published in Waxwing, Monkeybicycle, Entropy, and The Offing, and is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review. As an assistant professor of English at Colorado College, Pulley teaches works by Native American writers, as well as classes in fiction writing and experimental forms. Pulley’s reading is presented by UNC Asheville’s Department of English as part of the Visiting Writers Series, and by the University’s American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program. This event takes place at 7 p.m. in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and is free and open to everyone with no tickets needed.

March 26 – N.K. Jemisin

• Jemisin will present her new book, The City We Became, just two days after its public release. Living and writing her speculative fiction in Brooklyn, Jemisin’s new novel features five New Yorkers who must come together to defend their city from ancient evil. She is the only author to win three Best Novel Hugo awards in a row, which she did for her Broken Earth trilogy. Jemisin also has won a Nebula Award and two Locus Awards among the many honors for her eight novels, a novella, and two short story collections. A former counseling psychologist and educator, she also covered science fiction for three years for the New York Times Book Review. This event takes place at 6:30 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium on campus, presented in partnership by Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, and UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Department of English. This is a ticketed event with different ticketing/book purchase options, with online ordering at www.malaprops.com/event/ticketed-nk-jemisin-presents-city-we-became-unca.

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