Acclaimed Nevada author Shaun Griffin to give reading of his new book this Sunday
SILVER CITY, Nev. — Acclaimed Nevada author Shaun Griffin will read from his new book of essays, "Because the Light Will Not Forgive Me," at the Silver City Schoolhouse on Sunday, July 28, 2 p.m. during a free, public event.
His newest book is described as “luminous and moving essays” that “weave together a poetic meditation on living meaningfully in this world. Anchored in the American West but reaching well beyond, Shaun Griffin recounts his discoveries as a poet and devoted reader of poetry, a teacher of the disadvantaged, a friend of poets and artists, and a responsible member of the human family.”
Many know Shaun Griffin as a poet, translator, editor and teacher with many well-deserved awards. He was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2014, received the Rosemary McMillan Lifetime Achievement in Art Award from the Sierra Arts Foundation in 2006, was awarded the Silver Pen from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1998, and received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995.
But some may not know about the other work he’s done as the co-founder and former director of Community Chest Inc, as a long time board member with Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey counties, and as the program leader of poetry workshops for inmates in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center.
Quietly, gently, but persistently and with determination, he's been fighting for Nevada's people, especially the people of Nevada's rural communities. He touches on some of this important work in this new book of essays.
Copies of the book will be available during the Silver City reading. Silver City is an historic community on the Comstock, 3 miles from Virginia City and 12 miles from Carson City. The Schoolhouse/Community Center is located at 385 High Street, Silver City, Nev.
For more infromation about the event, contact Joe McCarthy at (775) 720-0331.
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