Sarah Smarsh, Edgar Gomez and Lee Hawkins come from three very different places with three very different different stories to tell. In this session, our authors will discuss the America they see ... and what the "American Dream" means to them.
| Fast Passes: | This event has free Fast Passes. Fast Passes are not available yet. |
| Where: | Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Current Issues / Politics / Social Science |
| Moderator: | Laura Penny |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of C-SPAN / BookTV |
Edgar Gomez is the author of the new memoir "Alligator Tears." He also wrote "High-Risk Homosexual," which received an American Book Award, a Stonewall Israel-Fishman Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award....
Lee Hawkins was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for 19 years. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Award....
Sarah Smarsh is a journalist and author whose first major book, "Heartland," was a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction in 2018. She is coming to Tucson with "Bone of the Bone," a collection of essays that explore life in her native Midwest and the issues that have shaped the region's politics....
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