Tucson Festival of Books

Maddie Norris (She/Her)

Derick Decario Ladale Whitson

Maddie Norris, author of "The Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays," earned her MFA at the University of Arizona and, before that, she was the Thomas Wolfe Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her essays have won the Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction from Ninth Letter and been named Notable in Best American Essays 2020 and 2022. Her work can be found in Guernica, Fourth Genre, and Territory, among others. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Davidson College.

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Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan

Scheduled events:

Caregiver, Heal Thyself

Mary Lou Falcone, Jessi Gold and Maddie Norris come to Tucson with stories about their experience as caregivers ... for better and for worse. As fulfilling as the time may be, caregivers must learn to take care of themselves, too.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)

Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Mary Lou Falcone, Jessi Gold, Maddie Norris
Moderator: Samuel Cohon

The Ties That Bind

Family trauma can take many shapes and forms. Studies have shown that trauma survivors, including genocide, can pass down their trauma through five generations. Join our authors as they detail through works of fiction and nonfiction how grief and loss impact mental, spiritual, and physical health.

Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142, Wheelchair accessible)

Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Maddie Norris, Rudy Ruiz, Joel Waldman
Moderator: Lori Shepherd

Book:

The Wet Wound

An Elegy in Essays
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
University of Georgia Press
March 2024
ISBN 9780820366685
192 pages