Visiting Writer Michael Thomas to Read from Debut Novel Man Gone Down at UNC Wilmington Oct. 22
10/8/2009 10:57:31 AM
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Michael Thomas, fiction writer and visiting professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, will read from his novel Man Gone Down, winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for 2009 (Grove Atlantic, 2007), at 7 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 22, in Kenan Hall 1111 on the UNCW campus.
This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow, along with a book signing courtesy of Pomegranate Books.
Recent praise for Man Gone Down:
Powerful and moving … An impressive success … Thomas seems to have fully embraced the “write what you know” ethos … More than anything else, he knows how little but also—fortunately—how much it can take to bring a man down.
—Kaiama L. Glover, The New York Times Book Review
We never know his name. But the African-American protagonist of Michael Thomas’ masterful debut, Man Gone Down, will stay with readers for a long time. He lingers because this extraordinary novel comes to us from a writer of enthralling voice and startling insight.
—International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award jury statement
Michael Thomas received his BA from Hunter College in New York City and his MFA from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. Man Gone Down, his first novel, was one of The New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year. He teaches at Hunter College and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Other upcoming events:
• Ben Fountain, reading from Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, 7 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 19, Kenan Hall 1111
• Writers Week 2009, Nov. 2–6, various events held in Kenan Hall
For further information on UNCW’s programs and events in creative writing, please contact the Department of Creative Writing at 910.962.7063.
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