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Audio Length: 15 minutes And The Dark Sacred Night |
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And The Dark Sacred Night Julia Glass |
Julia Glass, National Book Award-Winning author of Three Junes returns in 2015 with a tender, insightful exploration of the modern family in her latest book, AND THE DARK SACRED NIGHT. In her new work, released in January by Anchor , a division of Random House, Kit Noonan is an unemployed art historian with twins to support, a mortgage to pay, and a frustrated wife who insists that, to move forward, Kit must first confront a crucial mystery about his past. Born to a single teenage mother, he has never known the identity of his biological father. Kit’s search ultimately leads him to Fenno McLeod, the beloved protagonist of Glass’s award-wining novel, Three Junes. In this Authorlink audio interview, Glass talks about the choices that steer our destinies, the necessity of forgiveness, and the risks we take when we face the shadows of our past. Glass also discusses her 2002 National Book Award for Fiction for Three Junes, and her journey as a successful author. In addition to Three Junes, Julia Glass is the author of The Whole World Over; I See You Everywhere, winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner book Award; and The Widower’s Tale. Her essays have been widely anthologized. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,Glass also teaches fiction writing, most frequently at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives with her family in Marblehead, Massachusetts. |
Julia Glass Explores Choices That Steer Our Destinies-2015
Audio Interview With the Author
