ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marilynne Robinson
2016 Walla Walla University Distinguished Scholar Lecturer
Major American writer Marilynne Robinson will visit the Walla Walla University campus on Nov. 11 and 12, 2016. Robinson won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2004 novel Gilead. She has published five books of essays and three additional novels: Housekeeping (1980), Home (2008), and Lila (2014).
Robinson will speak, read, and answer questions at three presentations in the University Church on the WWU College Place campus in College Place, Washington. All presentations are free and open to the public
Robinson’s WWU speaking schedule
Friday, Nov. 11
1 p.m. | Book reading and presentation for inmates at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary
6 p.m. | Essay reading, University Church
Saturday, Nov. 12
10:30 a.m. | Discussion with Marilynne Robinson, University Church
5:30 p.m. | Reading and Q&A, followed by a book signing, University Church
Resources to learn more about Robinson and her work
President Obama and Marilynne Robinson: A conversation
In this exclusive conversation recorded by the New York Review, President Obama and author Marilynne Robinson discuss topics ranging from the problems of American democracy and the responsibilities of citizenship to the challenges of Christianity. You can listen to the recording on iTunes.
Novels by Robinson
Housekeeping Winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
Gilead Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award
Home Winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Lila Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
Books of Essays by Robinson
The Givenness of Things
The Death of Adam
When I Was a Child I Read Books
Absence of Mind
Mother Country Nominated for a National Book Award