What brings us together? What helps us survive? Can we carve out joy in hardships, find humor in challenges? Ross Gay and Erika Sanchez, both acclaimed essayists and poets, share heartfelt stories that will make you laugh, maybe shed a tear or two, and perhaps renew your hope that the world can be a better place.
| Tickets: | This is a ticketed event. Tickets are not available yet. |
| Where: | Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 4, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction |
| Moderator: | Robin Shambach |
Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: "Against Which," "Bringing the Shovel Down," "Be Holding," winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award, and "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude," winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award....
Erika Sanchez is a Mexican American poet, novelist and essayist. Her debut poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. Her debut young adult novel, "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," was a NY Times bestseller and a National Book Award finalist....
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