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Join author Jim Grimsley as he discusses his new novel, "The Dove in the Belly", a look at the past when queer people lived more hidden lives than today.
Jim Grimsley will discuss his newest novel, The Dove in the Belly, a story of two young people undergoing an awakening, brought about in each by the other, in the midst of a violently beautiful spring and summer in Chapel Hill.
Jim Grimsley is a playwright and novelist. Jim's first novel, Winter Birds, was published by Algonquin Books in 1994. The novel won the 1995 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and received a special citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation.
He has published short stories and essays in various magazines and newspapers including New Orleans Review, Carolina Quarterly, the LA Times, and the New York Times Book Review.
Jim teaches writing at Emory University in Atlanta and has been a featured reader at book events throughout the southeast. He is a member of PEN America.
Registration is required to access this program.
* Presented by Adult Services
AGE GROUP: | Ages 19+ |
EVENT TYPE: | Community | Book Talks | Adults |
Mon, Mar 18 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Tue, Mar 19 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Wed, Mar 20 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Thu, Mar 21 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Fri, Mar 22 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sat, Mar 23 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sun, Mar 24 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
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