Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson will give a reading from her new collection of essays, “When I Was a Child I Read Books,” at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17, in Gailor Auditorium. The public is welcome, and a book signing will follow.
Robinson is on the Sewanee campus to give the Convocation address and receive an honorary degree on Friday, Jan. 18. During her visit, she will also meet with students and faculty members from the College and the School of Theology.
She is a professor of creative writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of three highly acclaimed novels: “Housekeeping” (1980), “Gilead” (2004) and “Home” (2008). Robinson has served as writer-in-residence and visiting professor at many colleges and universities, including the University of Kent in England and Amherst College. Her second book, “Mother Country: Britain, The Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution,” evolved from an essay that she wrote for Harper’s Review and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent collection of essays, “When I Was a Child I Read Books” was published last March. “Housekeeping” was a finalist for the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, “Gilead” was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer and “Home” received the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction.
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