The Northfield Public Library is pleased to host a reading
by local author and Carleton professor Gregory Blake Smith, as part of the
Minnesota Book Awards Author tour, presented by Selco (Southeastern Libraries
Cooperating). The talk will be on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Northfield Public Library meeting room.
Greg Smith won a Minnesota Book Award for the novel and short story category in 2012 for his book
The Law of Miracles. He has
written three novels, The Devil in the Dooryard, The Divine Comedy of
John Venner, which was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York
Times, and The Madonna of Los Vegas. His
short fiction has appeared in various literary journals, including The Kenyon Review, the Antioch Review, and
StoryQuarterly. Greg has taught American literature and
creative writing at Carleton College since 1987, and lives in Northfield with
his wife and daughter. He will read from
The Law of Miracles. Copies of his book will be available for
sale at the reading. The event is free
and open to the public.