Karen Russell with Adam Johnson

Tues, Mar 17 • 7:00 PM

Kepler's Books

About this event

Join us to hear bestselling author Karen Russell discuss her gripping dust bowl epic and National Book Award finalist, The Antidote, about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraska town. The novel follows a 'Prairie Witch' whose body serves as a bank vault for memories, a Polish wheat farmer, and others. Russell's work critiques themes of forgetting and unearths both horrors and possibilities relevant to the climate emergency we face today. Don't miss this engaging conversation about her captivating narrative and the journey that has led to her success as a celebrated author.

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