Member Readings

Paul Zerby
www.paulzerby.com

NWU Member Paul Zerby will read from and sign copies of his novel "The Grass" in Duluth and Redwing:

• Saturday, July 10th at 1pm at Barnes and Noble Duluth, Miller Hill Mall, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway #L25, Duluth; and
• Saturday, November 13th at 10 a.m. at the Red Wing Public Library, 225 East Avenue, Red Wing.

The Grass" is a story of coming-of-age in the 1950s and the Korean War. Tom Kelly, a young man from Fargo, is expelled from the University of Minnesota for protesting its treatment of its only African-American faculty member at the height of McCarthyism, is dumped by his girlfriend, and joins the army during the Korean War. In his journey he encounters the racism, anti-Semitism, sexism and repression of America in the 50s and experiences love and war.

"The Grass" was a finalist for the Bellwhether Prize for first novels established by Barbara Kingsolver to promote literature in support of social justice.