Doug Dorst Knows Game Shows, Plants, and Surfing [reading preview]
Riding a wave of critical adulation, current Austin resident and St. Edward’s creative writing teacher Doug Dorst comes to BookPeople tonight to read from The Surf Guru, his new collection of short stories. Dorst’s follow up to his highly praised debut novel, Alive in Necropolis, The Surf Guru is earning similar acclaim, including an Editors’ Choice selection in the New York Times Book Review and a starred review in Kirkus. In the collection, Dorst writes about a wide range of situations and characters, from the aging surfing entrepreneur of the title story to a disgruntled botanist in “Splitters”.
Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton Award, honoring “extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason,” and runner-up for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway award, Dorst is not only an acclaimed writer but a three-time Jeopardy champion as well. So, there’s always the possibility that in addition to a reading unhindered by paltry reason, he might wow you with his mad trivia skills. Come see this critically acclaimed, local writer tonight at BookPeople at 7 p.m.
-Ryan Rutherford
