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SUMMARY:Reading by Caoilinn Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Robin Christian\nAward-winning writer Caoilinn Hughes (The Wild Laughter) reads from her work\, including an excerpt from her forthcoming novel\, The Alternatives. An unforgettable family portrait\, The Alternatives follows four Irish sisters who were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties and living disparate lives\, three are brought unexpectedly together in search of one sister who doesn’t want to be found. \nHughes will be introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole. \nPart of the fall 2023 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. \nAbout Caoilinn Hughes\nCaoilinn Hughes is the author of The Wild Laughter (2020)\, which won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award\, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize\, and was a finalist for three other awards. Her first novel\, Orchid & the Wasp (2018)\, won the Collyer Bristow Prize\, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award\, and was a finalist for four other awards. Her poetry book\, Gathering Evidence (2014)\, won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award. For her short fiction\, she has been awarded The Moth Short Story Prize\, the Irish Book Awards’ Story of the Year 2020\, and an O.Henry Prize. She has been Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and Maastricht University in the Netherlands\, and she holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington\, New Zealand. Her third novel\, The Alternatives\, is forthcoming from Riverhead in April 2024. She will be a Cullman Fellow at New York Public Library for 2023-2024. \nTickets & Details\nThe reading is free and open to the public. No advance tickets or registration required. \nDirections\nGet directions to the James Stewart Film Theater\, located on the first floor at 185 Nassau Street. \nAccessibility\nThe James Stewart Film Theater is wheelchair accessible. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
URL:https://fis.princeton.edu/event/reading-by-caoilinn-hughes/
LOCATION:James Stewart Film Theater\, 185 Nassau Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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