LESLIE WALKER WILLIAMS
Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m.

A native of Savannah now living north of here in Vancouver, B.C., Leslie Walker Williams is here tonight with her Peter Taylor Prize- and Hackney Literary Award-winning debut novel, The Prudent Mariner (University of Tennessee). "The land, the heat, the South's societal complexities (and perplexities) are all here, shadowed by an only half-hidden legacy of racism and violence ... Utterly involving, wise and perceptive, this is a novel to remember. If you liked To Kill a Mockingbird, you will love The Prudent Mariner." - Kelly Cherry. "In Leslie Walker Williams' skillful hands, the past really isn't even past yet; it's always with her characters, shaping every aspect of our lives. Few writers combine Williams' feel for place with her grasp of history's personal reverberations." - Angela Barrett.

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