Join us for a conversation with 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers (“The Overstory”), who will be discussing his newest novel, “Bewilderment” with Mitzi Rapkin the host and producer of the literary podcast, “First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing.”
VIRTUAL ACCESS | Individual event ticket – $12
Available for all six Winter Words events
IN-PERSON ACCESS | Individual event ticket – $25
Available for the four Winter Words events taking place in Aspen, CO
(Dec. 7 + Jan. 12 + March 15 + March 29)
ALL-ACCESS SEASON PASS – $300
Access to all six Winter Words events:
– Links to join all events virtually
– A pass to attend all four in-person events
Book bundle of three self-selected titles from the 2022 lineup
For questions about ticketing, please contact aspenshowtix.com or the Wheeler Box Office (970-920-5770).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Powers is the author of 13 novels that explore connections among disciplines as disparate as photography, artificial intelligence, musical composition, ecology, genomics, game theory, virtual reality, race, biology, and business. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s and many other publications. His books have won numerous recognitions including The Rosenthal and Vursell Awards; the James Fenimore Cooper Prize; the Corrington Award; a PEN/Hemingway Special Citation; the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, two Pushcart Prizes, and TIME Magazine’s Book of the Year. He is a MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award. He was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Overstory,” and his most recent book, “Bewilderment,” was an instant New York Times best-seller and Oprah’s Book Club selection.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Mitzi Rapkin is the host and producer of the literary podcast, First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing. For the last eight years, Mitzi has read a book a week and interviewed the author. First Draft features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essay writers. With a specific focus on craft, Rapkin and her guests explore the decisions and psychology that went into the book being discussed, the themes of a writer’s work, and questions focused on the human experience. George Saunders said Rapkin “is one of the most talented and passionate interviewers in the world. What makes her great is her precision and her genuine curiosity, which transforms the interview into an urgent conversation. The time flies by, and I always learn something new about my own work.” You can learn more about Rapkin, the podcast, and listen to the more than 315 archived interviews at www.firstdraftwriters.com.