One Author Kearney Presents Karen Russell, 14 October | Event in Kearney | AllEvents

One Author Kearney Presents Karen Russell

Kearney Public Library

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Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

The World Theatre

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Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm (CDT)

The World Theatre

2318 Central Ave, Kearney, Nebraska, United States

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One Author Kearney Presents Karen Russell
The Kearney Public Library Foundation and the library proudly present an evening of conversation and readings with Karen Russell! A book signing will follow the presentation. This is a free, ticketed event.

Online ticket registration begins Tuesday, September 2. Ticket pickup begins Monday, September 15 at the library's front desk. There is a limit of four tickets per person.

Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the "New York Times" bestsellers "Swamplandia!" and "Vampires in the Lemon Grove," and her most recent novel, "The Antidote." She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Finalist, and a Guggenheim Fellow, and the recipient of, among other honors, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane prize for her novella "Sleep Donation," the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” award. Her work has been published in "The New Yorker," "The New York Times," "Harper's Zoetrope," "Tin House," "Conjunctions," and "The New York Review of Books," and frequently anthologized in "The Pushcart Prize" and "The Best American Short Stories" series. She was the librettist and co-lyricist for "The Night Falls," one of The New York Times' Best Dance Performances of 2023. Born and raised in Miami, FL, she lives in Portland, OR with her husband, son, and daughter.


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One Author Kearney Presents Karen Russell, 14 October | Event in Kearney | AllEvents
One Author Kearney Presents Karen Russell
Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm