26 Apr 2022

Richard Powers in Davis CA

Submitted by Kimon

An Evening with Richard Powers

Presented by The Avid Reader at Richard Brunelle Performance Hall, Davis CA

Tuesday, April 26 2022 7:00 PM
Richard Brunelle Performance Hall
315 W 14th St
Davis, CA 95616

Enjoy an evening of conversation with Richard Powers and Kim Stanley Robinson.

Bewilderment by Richard Powers is one of Oprah’s Book Club Selections. It is a New York Times bestseller and a Notable Book of 2021. Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction, Bewilderment was also listed as a Best Book/Best Novel of 2021 by NPR, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Audible, Goodreads, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, Garden and Gun Magazine, and many more.

Richard Powers is the author of thirteen novels, including The Overstory and Orfeo, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Kim Stanley Robinson is an American writer of science fiction. He has published twenty-two novels and numerous short stories, but is best known for his Mars trilogy. His most recent work, The Ministry for the Future, was on the list of President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020. His upcoming book, The High Sierra, will be released on May 20, 2022.

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