Upcoming local readings

A couple of readings in the Asheville area that may be of interest to students:

• Natasha Trethewey will be giving a reading on October 29th at 8:00 pm at Possano Cafe in on Biltmore Avenue. She author of Native Guard (2006), Bellocq's Ophelia (2002), and Domestic Work (2000), and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
  



• Barbara Kingsolver will be giving a reading on November 2nd at Malaprops bookstore and cafe at 7:00 pm. A ticket is free with the purchase of her new book, The Lacuna. Her first novel, The Bean Trees, was published in 1988; her 1998 novel The Poisonwood Bible was a bestseller that won the National Book Prize of South Africa, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection. In 2000, Kingsolver was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. President Bill Clinton.