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Vishwas R. Gaitonde Book Launch
September 21, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
This event is co-sponsored by Orison Books and The Great Smokies Writing Program
Join UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Asheville-based publisher Orison Books to celebrate the release of Vishwas R. Gaitonde’s debut story collection, On Earth as It Is in Heaven. Selected by David Heska Wanbli Weiden as the winner of The Orison Fiction Prize, On Earth as It Is in Heaven is a globe-spanning story collection that demonstrates what connects us all, no matter where we’re from or where we find ourselves.
“It is indeed a pleasure to welcome this fantastic new voice in world literature.” —David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven is an absorbing and deeply pleasurable collection.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven
“Vishwas R. Gaitonde is a precise, patient writer, meticulously and beautifully exploring the lives that populate On Earth as It Is in Heaven with care. In his hands, the characters are given what we all need: grace.” —Sameer Pandya, author of Our Beautiful Boys
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