We are pleased to announce the 2011 One Campus, One Book selection is
"The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative" by Thomas King.
Copies of the book are available at the Egan Library and the UAS Bookstore. All students attending Fall New Student Orientation will receive a copy of the book. Thomas King will be visiting the UAS campus on October 13th and 14th, 2011.Please join is in reading and discussing this book in classrooms and at events this year.
Author Bio from Publisher's Website:
Thomas King is the author of Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; Truth and Bright Water; and a collection of short stories, One Good Story, That One. In 2003, he was the first Native North American to deliver Canada’s Prestigious Massey Lectures. The Truth About Stories won one of Canada’s highest literary honors, the Trillium Award, in the same year. He is professor of English at the University of Guelph.
Selected Reviews from Publisher's Website:
As King steadily winds the stories of his narrative, one begins to nod along, relishing the repetition of the story of the earth that begins each chapter and the gentle yet empowering directive at the close.
—The American Indian Quarterly
What is revealed in this graceful, even seductive book of essays about storytelling by the esteemed Cherokee novelist, radio personality, university professor, and Canadian émigré is that what is as important as the stories we tell about the world are the ways in which we interpret those stories.
—World Literature in Review
Fall 2011 Events:
New Student Orientation: Introduction and Native Storytelling, Egan Library, August 31st, 11am
Brown Bag Book Discussion, Think Tank (105 Egan Library), Wed. September 28, 12-1pm
Thomas King Reception, Egan Library, Thurs. October 13, 4-5pm
Thomas King Evening at Egan Lecture, Egan Library, Fri. October 14, 7pm
Gathering of the Drums, Noyes Pavilion, Fri. October 14, following Egan Lecture
Scary Stories and Bonfire, Mon. October 31, time and place TBA
Native History Month Storytelling Event: People and Place, Egan Library, Sat. November 5, 6-8pm
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Contact Wendy Girven, 907-796-6515, with questions.
The 2012 selection will be announced in the Spring. Suggestions may be sent to Wendy Girven, committee chair.