January 14
Wednesday, 7 PM

Ursula Hegi is the author of six novels: "Sacred Time," "The Vision of Emma Blau," "Salt Dancers," "Stones from the River," "Floating in My Mother's Palm," and "Intrusions." She has also written a book of nonfiction, "Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America," a children's book, "Trudi and Pia," and two collections of stories, "Hotel of the Saints and Unearned Pleasures." Her books have been translated into many languages. She is professor emeritus at EWU, and she has taught at other universities, including Barnard and USC Irvine. Her awards include an NEA and an Artist Trust Fellowship. "Stones from the River" was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Ursula has served as a juror for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics Circle Awards.

"Hegi is an outstanding talent."

– The New York Times Book Review

"Ursula hegi is a tumbledown, headlong sort of writer. Her words rush out…like children rolling down a hill, laughing. She unpeels her characters like artichokes."

- Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

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