Acclaimed memoirist to appear at 天美传媒视频无限制观看 Bookstore
Karol Nielson, author of the engrossing memoir
Black Elephants
, will read from and discuss her work at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, at the 天美传媒视频无限制观看 Bookstore, 1499 Post Road, Fairfield. The event, part of the University's
, a program of the
, is free and open to the public.
In
Black Elephants
, Nielson covers an assortment of themes from travel and adventure to love, war and dreams. A trekking trip to Peru led to a love affair that took the author to Israel and the horrors of the first Gulf War.
Poets & Writers
selected the memoir as a New and Noteworthy Book and excerpts were selected as Notable Essays in
The Best American Essays
.
Nielson, who also writes poetry, teaches memoir writing at New York University.
This event is presented by the
and the MFA in Creative Writing.
Posted On: 01-06-2012 11:01 AM
Volume: 44 Number: 145