Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, visual artist, and novelist. She is a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize and was a finalist for a NAACP Image Award. Griffiths is also a recipient of fellowships from many organizations including Cave Canem Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Yaddo. Her debut novel "Promise" was a Kirkus Reviews and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year. Her new memoir is "The Flower Bearers." She lives in New York with her husband Salman Rushdie.

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Storytelling as a Source of Healing

How does a writer rebuild a shattered life? Join Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Nicole Walker and Atash Yaghmaian as they delve into the restorative power of storytelling in the face of grief and trauma.

Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Koffler/Commons (following presentation)

Panelists: Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Nicole Walker, Atash Yaghmaian
Moderator: Stuart Horwitz
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Judith Marro, Roy and Betty Mayfield

Girlhood: Memory and Myth

Join Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Joy Harjo and Susan Orlean as they explore the path from girlhood to self‑defined womanhood, where memory, art and ancestral stories shape identity.

Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670)  
Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing South Ballroom (following presentation)  

Panelists: Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Joy Harjo, Susan Orlean
Moderator: Gay Vernon
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of TMC Health

Books:

The Flower Bearers

Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Random House
January 2026
ISBN 9780593730201
336 pages
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Promise

A Novel
Fiction / Literature
Random House
August 2024
ISBN 9780593241943
352 pages
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