Marilynne Robinson and Robert Hardies: Reading and Discussion
Monday 30 March, 2015
6:15pm, $0
Columbia University, Pulitzer Hall
2950 Broadway, Room 301
The Heyman Center for the Humanities and the Writing Program of the School of the Arts present an evening with Pulitzer-prize winning author Marilynne Robinson, who will read from her work and be in discussion with Unitarian Minister, Robert Hardies.
Robinson's recent book, Lila, was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Award and a winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. The novel tells the story of Lila, a homeless drifter who steps inside a small-town Iowa church—the only available shelter from the rain—and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security.
An introduction will be gvien by Alexander Chee, author of The Queen of the Night and other works.