An Evening with Nate Blakeslee
Tuesday, September 10, 7 pm. WCDPL Atrium. Free* and Open to All.
NATE BLAKESLEE is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly. His first book, Tulia, was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Texas Institute of Letters non-fiction prize, and was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2005. The Washington Post called it one of the most important books about wrongful convictions ever written. He lives in Austin, Texas with his family.
American Wolf takes its place in a long lineage of wolf books. . . . [T]here are cherished, striking images here . . . testament to the ever-flowing life force that is the wolf. Rick Bass, New York Times Book Review
Beautiful, detailed . . . [American Wolf] centers on the rise, reign, and family life of O-Six, matriarch of the Lamar Canyon pack and so well-known to park visitors that the New York Times gave her an obituary. Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
The fight . . . [over] Yellowstone’s wolves is embodied in O-Six’s story, told with great immediacy and empathy in a tale that reads like fiction. This one will grab readers and impel them into the heart of the conflict.” Booklist (starred review)