HEARD MUSEUM CALENDAR
ANNOUNCEMENT
July 21,
2009
MEDIA
CONTACTS:
Debra
Krol, 602.251.0218
Kate
Crowley, 602.251.0283
SPEND “AN EVENING WITH LESLIE MARMON SILKO” AT THE HEARD
MUSEUM
WHAT:
Heard Museum Hosts the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on
Indigenous Land, Culture and Community, Featuring Laguna Pueblo Author Leslie
Marmon Silko
Internationally acclaimed author Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna
Pueblo, will deliver the fall Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on
Indigenous Land, Culture and Community on Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. at
Phoenix’s Heard Museum. This semi-annual lecture series is held through a
partnership between the Heard Museum and Arizona State
University.
"An Evening with Leslie Marmon Silko" will begin with a reading by the
author from her forthcoming memoir, Turquoise Ledge, followed by an
informal discussion with the audience.
Silko is best known for her universally praised novel Ceremony,
which was first published in 1977 to rave reviews. Even today, it is difficult
to find a critical appreciation of the book that is not positive. It continues
to be the American Indian novel most often listed on college and university
syllabi and is one of the few individual works by any American Indian author to
have received book-length critical assessments. Ceremony’s message of
healing and reconciliation between races and peoples continues to resonate with
both Native and non-Native readers.
Silko
has won prizes, fellowships and grants from organizations such as the National
Endowment for the Arts and The Boston Globe. Silko was the youngest
writer to be included in The
Norton Anthology of Women's Literature for her
short story "Lullaby." In 1981,
she won a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant. Silko
has continued to be a force in American Indian literature in both the fiction
and non-fiction genres.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State
University’s American Indian Studies Program, Department of English, Department
of History, Labriola Center and Women and Gender Studies
Program.
WHEN:
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7 p.m.
Booksigning to follow immediately after
lecture.
WHERE:
Steele Auditorium, Heard Museum
2301
North Central Avenue, Phoenix
COST:
FREE and
open to the public.
INFO:
For more
information, visit www.heard.org
Deb Krol
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Debra Utacia
Krol
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Heard Museum
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