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Southern Book Prize-winning author Carter Sickels will read from his newest novel, The Prettiest Star<\/em>, Wednesday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.<\/p>\n

Set in the 1980s, Sickels\u2019 highly-acclaimed novel follows a young gay man\u2019s return home to rural Appalachian Ohio after being diagnosed with AIDS. The Prettiest Star<\/em> is lauded for its unflinchingly honest storytelling and wholly believable characters. \u201cThis immersive, tragic book will stay with readers.\u201d (Booklist<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Visit UNCA’s News and Events<\/a> page to learn more and to register<\/a> for the event, which is being sponsored by the NEH Endowed Professor Fund and UNC Asheville\u2019s Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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