Member's Salon with author Katherine Vaz

Member's Only Literary Salon

Sunday, January 28, 2024

5:30-7:30PM

Join us as we welcome author Katherine Vaz.

Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

KATHERINE VAZ, a former Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard and a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is the author of the novels SAUDADE (a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection), MARIANA (in six languages and picked by the Library of Congress as one of the Top Thirty International Books of 1998), and the collections FADO & OTHER STORIES (Drue Heinz Literature Prize) and OUR LADY OF THE ARTICHOKES (Prairie Schooner Book Award). Her work has appeared in many magazines, and she is the first Portuguese American to have her work recorded for the archives of the Library of Congress (Hispanic Division). ABOVE THE SALT, her latest novel, was published in November, 2023, by Flatiron Books/Macmillan and was a People Magazine Book of the Week and was on the Goodreads "Most Anticipated Fall Books" list.

Enjoy a catered Portuguese meal and the company of our charming guest, with a  reading and discussion of her latest novel, Above The Salt

"ABOVE THE SALT is an irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America. Based on a true story, the novel is a captivating tribute to the power of love and the sacrifices we make to harness it." From People Magazine: "Vaz explores the complexities of duty, passion and sacrifice in an engrossing narrative that celebrates life's abiding beauty.” (From the publisher)

Graciously hosted by council members Alma and Philip

Location details upon registration

$30.00 per person

(A limited number of complementary copies of Katherine’s latest book, Above the Salt, will be offered as gifts by our Salon hosts to those who register early.)