Arlington Reads: Elizabeth Strout
Why Fiction Matters
Arlington Reads 2017 explores the truth-telling power of literature.
Elizabeth Strout, novelist and short-story writer, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Olive Kitteridge," will explain why she believes a reader finds “the truest things” in good fiction, while gaining compassion through understanding the experience of others.
She is the author of many award-winning novels, most recently "My Name is Lucy Barton" in 2016. A new novel in stories titled "Anything is Possible" will be released April 25, and draws on the lives of residents of Amgash, Illinois - the same small-town setting for "My Name is Lucy Barton."
No registration required; attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Arlington Reads 2017 continues on May 3 with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Sympathizer."
- Date:
- Thursday, April 20, 2017
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Location:
- Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium
- Library:
- Central Library
- Categories:
- Author Talk
- Calendar:
- zz Author Talks