This event is co-sponsored by Orison Books and The Great Smokies Writing Program<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“It is indeed a pleasure to welcome this fantastic new voice in world literature.” \u2014David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts<\/p>\n
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven is an absorbing and deeply pleasurable collection.” \u2014Margot Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven<\/p>\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.” \u2014Sameer Pandya, author of Our Beautiful Boys<\/p>\n
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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