The library will be CLOSED for Winter Break from Saturday, Dec. 21 through Sunday, Jan. 5.
Virtual Event: Author Talk with Nathan Harris
Thu, 02/10/2022 - 6:00pm
If you missed the Author talk with Nathan Harris, a recording is available.
Join the Ernest J. Gaines Center for an author talk with Nathan Harris, the 2021 recipient of the Ernest J. Gaines Award of Literary Excellence. Harris will be discussing his new book, The Sweetness of Water.
Feb. 10 | 6 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom | Free
Registration is required on the Ernest J. Gaines Center website. A Zoom link will be emailed to you before the event.
Contact Info: gainescenter@louisiana.edu
Nathan Harris holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas and an English degree from the University of Oregon. His debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, was published by Little Brown in 2021 and was the summer selection of Oprah’s Book Club. It won the 2021 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was included in President Obama’s Summer Reading List. He was honored as one of 5 Under 35 by the National Book Foundation. Nathan lives in Seattle, Washington.