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Join us in welcoming Katherine Vaz for her homecoming on Tuesday, November 19th at 6 pm. She was a Visiting Writer at Illinois College while researching her book. She received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and is a former Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard. She is the first Portuguese American to have her work recorded for the Archives of the Library of Congress (Hispanic Division).
VAZ WILL PRESENT A LIVELY SLIDE SHOW ON HER RESEARCH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY ITEMS FROM JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD. She'll answer questions and sign books after her presentation.
ADMISSION IS FREE; HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
Author of ABOVE THE SALT, a Civil War story set large in Jacksonville, Illinois, about the true immigration of Portuguese Protestants to our community. Her novel was a People Magazine Book of the Week, a Top Three Good Morning America Pick, and a Most Anticipated Fall Book from Goodreads.
...Plus Award Winning Titles: Fado & Other Stories, Mariana, Our Lady of the Artichokes
Our Town Books will also be selling Katherine’s titles at this event.