As part of the Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writers Series, the Creative Writing Program hosts fiction writer and memoirist Yiyun Li for a free public reading and informal reception. Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and came to the United States in 1996. Her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, PEN/Hemingway Award, Guardian First Book Award, and California Book Award for first fiction. Her novel, The Vagrants, won the gold medal of California Book Award for fiction, and was shortlisted for Dublin IMPAC Award. Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, her second collection, was a finalist of Story Prize and shortlisted for Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Kinder Than Solitude, her latest novel, was published to critical acclaim. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Bring your book club to the museum and enjoy the connections from the literary to the artwork on the walls. This fall WAM is excited to offer you three hand-selected books to read in conjunction with our exhibitions. The WAM Book Club is an optional reading list that you and your literary-loving friends can choose from, read, and then schedule a private, custom tour with a tour guide who also read your book of choice. The tour will include a…
Paul Sample Western Landscape, 1930–38 Oil on canvas, 30 ⅛ x 18 ¼ inches 1936.89 ABOUT THE ART Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood, and Paul Sample forged a new vision for American painting in the 1930s and 1940s. American Scene Painting (or Regionalism, as the movement was also called) sought to shake off the influence of art that its practitioners considered esoteric, intellectual, abstract, and centered in Europe. Instead, Regionalists found the humble routines and love…
Congratulations Director Lyndel King! 2018 Recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Service We are proud to announce that Lyndel King was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Service, joining an elite group of staff and faculty who have provided exceptional service to the University of Minnesota. The President’s Award for Outstanding Service is presented each year in the spring and recognizes exceptional service to the University—its schools, colleges, departments, and service units—by any active or retired faculty or staff member. Recipients of this award…
