author of Rivers
Friday, Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Poindexter Hall
MUW’s own Michael Farris Smith will read from Rivers, his dystopian novel set on the Mississippi Gulf coast plagued by relentless hurricanes. Newly released in September, Rivers has been garnering rave reviews. Library Journal named it one of four “hot debuts” and Indiebound has chosen the novel for its September “Indie Next List.” As Kirkus Reviews notes in its starred review “This world is chilling—all the more so for its believability—and it is peopled by compelling, fully realized characters, some of whom only exist in the form of ghosts. In contrast to this bleak world, Smith’s prose is lush, descriptive and even beautiful.”