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Pulitzer Prize winner and Queens faculty member to read on campus Nov. 19
Elizabeth Strout will read from “Olive Kitteridge,” her short story collection that won the 2009 Pulitzer for fiction
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Strout is on the faculty of Queens' MFA in creative writing program.
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Elizabeth Strout will read from her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection “Olive Kitteridge” Nov. 19 at Queens University of Charlotte.
The free event is open to the public and marks Strout’s first reading since the Pulitzer win was announced in the spring. She is a faculty member for Queens’ low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program and lives in New York City. The event will be at 7 p.m. in Dana Auditorium, hosted by Queens English Department Reading Series and the Friends of the Library.
The public also is invited to attend Queens Community Read events moderated by faculty members to discuss “Olive:”
- Tuesday, Nov. 3, 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. in Sykes 226 – “So, What’s So Special About This Book?”: Reading "Olive Kitteridge." Discussion leader: Emily Seelbinder.
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. in Sykes 226 – “Here You Go – You Can Live Here. How Crosby, Maine Shapes Characters and Events in 'Olive Kitteridge.” Discussion leaders: Cathy Anderson (pen name Pickens) and Julie Funderburk.
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. in Sykes 226 – “They Weren’t Young Anymore, That Was the Thing:” How Olive and others face aging and end-of life issues. Discussion Leader: Cherie Clark.
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Belk Chapel – “I’m a Storyteller. That is the Real Answer:” Storytelling as Spiritual Journey. Discussion leaders: Diane Mowrey and Emily Seelbinder.
Strout is also the author of “Abide with Me,” a national bestseller and Book Sense pick, and “Amy and Isabelle” which won the L.A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, The National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Orange Prize in England. Her short fiction has been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine.
Queens University of Charlotte is a private, co-ed, Presbyterian-affiliated comprehensive university with a commitment to both liberal arts and professional studies. Located in the heart of historic Charlotte, Queens serves approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students through its College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Presbyterian School of Nursing, the Wayland H. Cato, Jr. School of Education, the School of Communication and Hayworth College for Adult Studies.
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