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SUMMARY:Vishwas R. Gaitonde Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:This event is co-sponsored by Orison Books and The Great Smokies Writing Program \nJoin 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. \n“It is indeed a pleasure to welcome this fantastic new voice in world literature.” —David Heska Wanbli Weiden\, author of Winter Counts \n“On Earth as It Is in Heaven is an absorbing and deeply pleasurable collection.” —Margot Livesey\, author of The Road from Belhaven \n“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 \nFREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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LOCATION:Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe\, 55 Haywood Street\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers at Home: GSWP Fall Faculty Readings
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Malaprop’s for the August installment of Writers at Home with UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program\, feature our Fall faculty: Christian Detisch\, Luke Hankins\, Nathan Jordan Poole\, Kalyn Livernois\, Zelda Lockhart\, and Susanne Paola Antonetta. \nFree registration required.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/writers-at-home-gswp-fall-faculty-readings/
LOCATION:Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe\, 55 Haywood Street\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Great Smokies Writing Program Keynote Lecture
DESCRIPTION:UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program is pleased to announce its inaugural Keynote Lecture\, featuring Brevard-based author Katherine Scott Crawford. Crawford will read from her new novel\, The Miniaturist’s Assistant\, and will be joined on stage by New York Times bestselling novelist Elizabeth Kostova for a conversation about Crawford’s novel and the writer’s life. This ticketed event will be held in the Blue Ridge Room in UNCA’s Highsmith Student Union. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/the-great-smokies-writing-program-keynote-lecture/
LOCATION:UNCA: Highsmith Union\, Blue Ridge Room\, One University Hts.\, Asheville\, 28804
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