New partnership with National Book Foundation brings two fiction long-listers to college on Nov. 7
The Clark College Columbia Writers Series kicks off its 2019-2020 season with “The Female Gaze” with 2019 National Book Awards Fiction Longlisters Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Sabrina & Corina) and Kimberly King Parsons (Black Light). This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Thursday, November 7, from noon to 2:00 p.m in Penguin Union Building (PUB) room 161 on Clark College’s main campus.
The event includes a readingand discussion on building buzz around debut short story collections andhighlighting the many faces of contemporary female identity in literature. Itwill feature brief readings, a moderated conversation, and question-and-answersession followed by a book signing.
“The Female Gaze” is presentedby the National Book Foundation and ClarkCollege in a new partnership.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine isfrom Denver, Colorado. Her fiction has appeared in The AmericanScholar, Boston Review, Bellevue Literary Review, The Idaho Review,Southwestern American Literature, and elsewhere. Kali has receivedfellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and Hedgebrook. She received herMFA from the University of Wyoming and has lived across the country, fromDurango, Colorado, to Key West, Florida.
Born in Lubbock,Texas, Kimberly King Parsons received her MFA fromColumbia University. Her fiction has been published in The ParisReview, Best Small Fictions 2017, Black Warrior Review, NoTokens, Ninth Letter, and The Kenyon Review, among others.
The Columbia Writers Series was launched at Clark College in 1988, bringing local, national and international authors to the college and the region. After “The Female Gaze,” this year’s lineup will continue with the writer Terese Mailhot on Monday, January 27; the poet Ilya Kaminsky will read during spring term.
Informationabout the Columbia Writers Series is available at www.clark.edu/cc/cws.
Thisevent is held on Clark College’s main campus at 1933 Ft. Vancouver Way. Directionsand maps are available online. Individualswho need accommodation due to a disability in order to fully participate inthis event should contact Clark College’s Disability Support Services (DSS)Office at 360-992-2314 or 360-991-0901 (VP). The DSS office is located in room013 in Clark’s Penguin Union Building.
