Patrick Hicks has authored many books, including Adoptable, In the Shadow of Dora, The Commandant of Lubizec and 2023’s Across the Lake. His work has appeared on NPR, PBS NewsHour, and American Life in Poetry. Hicks has won grants from the Bush Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he was a finalist for an Emmy. He is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University and a faculty member in the MFA program at the University of Nevada-Reno at Lake Tahoe.

Featured Book: Across the Lake

Website: http://patrickhicks.org

PATRICK’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 2:00 p.m. – From Poetry to Prose – The Lodge, Russell Room
• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 11:30 a.m. – Across the Lake: Bringing an All-female Concentration Camp to Life – St. John’s Episcopal Church, Sanctuary
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 12:45 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 3:15 p.m. – Writing the Natural World: Readings from On Common Ground – The Lodge, Russell Room
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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