Aspen, CO (October 11, 2018) –
Aspen Words announced today the author lineup for its 22nd Winter Words series.
www.aspenwords.org/programs/winter-words/2019-events/
In five events from January to March, the literary nonprofit and program of the Aspen Institute will welcome writers at the height of their careers, including professional rock climber and memoirist
Tommy Caldwell, New York Times best-selling novelist
Curtis Sittenfeld and her longtime friend and fellow novelist
Emily Jeanne Miller, a former Aspen Words writer in residence; Pulitzer Prize winner
Colson Whitehead, divinity professor and best-selling author
Kate Bowler, and New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author
Jane Mayer.
“We’re excited to present such an incredible lineup of literary talent this season. Their work, which represents a variety of voices and genres, including literary fiction, memoir and investigative journalism, aligns perfectly with our mission to engage readers and connect people through stories,” said Aspen Words Executive Director
Adrienne Brodeur. “From the underground escape channels of a Georgia plantation, to the granite walls of Yosemite, to the dark money-lined halls of power and beyond, recent books by our Winter Words authors take readers to new worlds and, we believe, expand the literary conversation in our valley,” added Aspen Words Director
Jamie Abbott Kravitz.
Tickets and series passes go on sale in early November at aspenshowtix.com. More information about the series is available at
http://www.aspenwords.org/programs/winter-words/
Season Presenting Sponsors: Beth & Josh Mondry I Helen & Wally Obermeyer
Additional partners:
www.aspenwords.org/programs/winter-words/sponsors
FEATURED SPEAKERS
January 8: Tommy Caldwell
Author of the New York Times best-selling memoir “The Push: A Climber’s Search for the Path,” Caldwell is considered by many to be the best all-around rock climber in the world. In 2014, the Colorado native was chosen as one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year, and in 2015 the American Alpine Club awarded him Lifetime Honorary Membership, its highest honor. A frequent contributor to Alpinist, Climbing, and Rock and Ice magazines, Caldwell lives in the town where he first learned to climb, Estes Park, Colorado.
January 29: Curtis Sittenfeld & Emily Jeanne Miller
Sittenfeld is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels “Prep,” “The Man of My Dreams,” “American Wife,” “Sisterland” and “Eligible,” which have been translated into 30 languages. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Atlantic, among other publications. She most recently published a book of short stories, “You Think It, I’ll Say It.”
Miller, a former newspaper reporter, is the author of the novels “Brand New Human Being” and “The News from the End of the World.” She has received fellowships from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony and Aspen Words, among other organizations. She and Curtis Sittenfeld are longtime friends.
February 12: Colson Whitehead
Whitehead is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Writers Award. He is the author of: “The Intuitionist,” “John Henry Days,” “The Colossus of New York,” “Apex Hides the Hurt,” “Sag Harbor,” “Zone One” and “The Noble Hustle.” His most recent novel, “The Underground Railroad,” was an international and No. 1 New York Times best-seller. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, among other honors.
February 26: Kate Bowler
Bowler is an assistant professor in the school of divinity at Duke University. She also is the author of “BLESSED: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel” and “Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved,” and host of “Everything Happens,” a podcast featuring honest conversations about life’s toughest challenges.
March 12: Jane Mayer
Mayer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. The magazine’s chief Washington correspondent, she covers politics, culture and national security. She is the author of four best-selling and critically acclaimed narrative nonfiction books: “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,” “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals,” “Strange Justice,” which she co-authored with Jill Abramson, and “Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988,” with Doyle McManus.
