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Richard Powers

March 6, 2008

Special Events

Portland Art Museum, Fields Ballroom, 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 at Portland Art Museum

Richard Powers is the author of nine novels, including The Gold Bug Variations (1991), Operation Wandering Soul (1993), The Time of Our Singing (2003), and most recently, The Echo Maker (2006), which won the National Book Award. His novels explore connections between science, technology, music and other disciplines, and have been compared to the work of Thomas Pynchon. Powers has received a MacArthur “genius grant”, and a Lannan Literary Award. David Foster Wallace has called him one of the greatest novelists working today. Of his own work, Powers has said, “Fiction can travel anywhere, and probably should.”

photo credit: Jane Kuntz

 
 

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TIN HOUSE MAGAZINE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY – A BENEFIT FOR WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS

July 16, 2009

Emcee – Colson Whitehead

Listen to a Q&A with Colson Whitehead when he was here in 2008.

Colson Whitehead is the author, most recently, of Sag Harbor, his first “autobiographical” novel. Whitehead is also the author of three previous novels: The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, which was a finalist for the National Book Critic Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and Apex Hides the Hurt, as well as a collection of essays, The Colossus of New York.

 

SPRING NEWSLETTER. READ WHAT YOUR SUPPORT IS DOING!

July 17, 2009

We’ve just posted our spring newsletter to our website but you can read the cover story below. It’s a testament to how your support helps literature thrive in our community. Please read and enjoy.

 

DELVE READERS’ SEMINARS 2009/2010

Join a guide and a group of readers to explore great works of literature. In each Delve seminar, lively and engaging discussions deepen our understanding of literary masterpieces.

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