Visiting Writers: Natalie Baszile

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Wed, Mar 20, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
2024-03-20T19:00:00-04:00
2024-03-20T20:00:00-04:00
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Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)
University Quadrangle, 1 University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
Free
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UNC Asheville English Department
828.251.6411
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On March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room of UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Natalie Baszile will present readings from her recent work. The event is free and open to the public.

Baszile’s debut novel, “Queen Sugar,” is a mother-daughter story of reinvention — about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana. “Queen Sugar” was adapted into a critically acclaimed television series directed by Ava Duvernay. Baszile’s most recent book, “We Are Each Other’s Harvest,” is an exploration and celebration of black farming in America.