Lannan Center Readings and Talks Featuring Douglas Stuart
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Subject to the Event and Visitor Guidelines, this event is now open only to members of the Georgetown University community who can present a Green GU360 Badge at the door. Masks are required. We invite all of those who are not members of the Georgetown University community to watch via the livestream: https://bit.ly/Douglas-Stuart-Webinar
About Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American author. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the Booker Prize. It is published by Grove Atlantic in the US and Picador in the UK, and is to be translated into thirty-four languages. He wrote Shuggie Bain over a ten year period and is currently at work on his second novel, to be published in 2022. His short stories, Found Wanting, and The Englishman, were published in The New Yorker magazine. His essay, Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature was published by Lit Hub. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has an MA from the Royal College of Art in London and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City.
About Maureen Corrigan
Maureen Corrigan is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism in the Department of English at Georgetown University. For the past 31 years, Corrigan has been the weekly book critic on the Peabody Award-winning NPR program, ”Fresh Air.” She is also a Mystery Columnist for The Washington Post and publishes regularly on NPR online and The Wall Street Journal.
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