This year, thousands of readers in Kalamazoo County will immerse themselves in David Guterson’s unforgettable novel Snow Falling on Cedars.
We are pleased to present what we think is an especially rich array of programs planned for February, March and April. Browse the calendar of events to find discussions and presentations that you’d like to attend.
Highlights of three programs:
- David Guterson will appear at Kalamazoo Central High School auditorium on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 pm. His visit is supported by a generous gift from the Fetzer Institute.
- Nissei Served in World War II — Hear the remarkable stories of two Japanese American men who went from internment camps to military service, finally retiring as professors from Michigan State University.
- Putting Human Back into Human Rights —We close Reading Together’s season with a program co-sponsored by the Race Exhibit. Guest speaker Frank Kitamoto of Bainbridge Island, WA will offer a moving and inspiring story of his incarceration at Manzanar in WWII.
This season would not be possible without the enthusiastic work of our local and national partners, and the thousands of readers who’ve participated each year since 2003. To all of you we offer our grateful thanks.
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Novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist David Guterson earned his M.A. from the University of Washington, where he studied under the writer Charles Johnson. After moving to Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, Guterson taught English at the local high school and began writing for Sports Illustrated and Harper’s magazine. His work also includes the novels East of the Mountains, Our Lady of the Forest, and The Other.
A phenomenal West Coast bestseller, winner of a 1995 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the 1996 American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, the enthralling novel Snow Falling on Cedars is at once a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, the story of a doomed love affair, and a stirring meditation on place, prejudice, and justice.
David Guterson’s New York Times best-seller Snow Falling on Cedars will be the 2010 Reading Together selection. Book discussions and a wide variety of special events will take place during February, March and April. The author will visit Kalamazoo on March 17.