Wes Moore
Sept. 15, 11 am
Catawba Valley Community College Multipurpose Complex
Sept. 15, 7 pm
Ridgeview Recreation Center
Sept. 16, 11 am
Hickory High School Gymnasium
Sept. 16, 7 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Since the publication of his book, The Other Wes Moore, African-American non-fiction author Wes Moore has been slated by Bill Cohen, former secretary of defense, “to become one of the most powerful and influential leaders of this century.”
Natasha Trethewey
Oct. 6, 7 pm
Belk Centrum
Her book Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2010) traces the recovery of her childhood hometown after the devastating natural disaster.
Edward P. Jones
Nov. 3, 7 pm
Belk Centrum
Jones’ stories, prompted by questions from his enigmatic and often tragic life experiences, mold his publications: New York Times bestselling novel The Known World (2003) and his short-story collections Lost in the City (2004) and All Aunt Hagar’s Children (2006).
Isaac Anderson
Visiting Writer-in-Residence
Feb. 2, 7 pm
Belk Centrum
As an emerging nonfiction writer, Anderson’s work includes interviews, reviews, essays and translations.
Judy Goldman
Feb. 2, 7 pm
Belk Centrum
Goldman, a North Carolina author of two novels and two poetry collections, has a readership that recognizes what Library Journal calls “masterfully written” work.
Sandra Cisneros
March 1, 7 pm
Belk Centrum
Cisneros’ books, House on Mango Street, Woman Hollering Creek, and Caramelo, all evoke the power of words to tell a meaningful part of America’s history through novels, poetry and short stories.
Sandra Cisneros
March 2
UNC-Asheville
The LRU Visiting Writers Series in conjunction with UNC-Asheville will present an encore presentation by Cisneros on the UNC-A campus.
Lynne Cherry – The Little Read
March 31, noon
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Her best-selling books like The Great Kapok Tree and A River Ran are written out of inspiration from the natural world and encourage the same inspiration in children to make a difference.
Alexander McCall Smith
April 19, 7 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Alexander McCall Smith is not only the author of No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series, and other internationally best-selling series, but also a respected expert on medical law and bioethics, as well as a founder and member of The Really Terrible Orchestra.
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