Canisius University welcomes nationally bestselling author Silas House to campus on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 5:30 pm in the Montante Cultural Center.
House’s talk, titled “Complicated Love: On Appalachia” is free and open to the public. The event is presented under the auspices of the college’s William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series.
House is an acclaimed multi-award-winning and “New York Times” bestselling novelist. Most recently, he received the 2023 Southern Book Prize in Fiction for his novel, “Lark Ascending.” The novel was a SIBA bestseller and has also been chosen as a “Booklist” Editor’s Choice, one of “Salon’s” favorite books of the year, one of “Garden and Gun’s” selections for Best Southern Books of 2022, and as a top ten most recommended book by independent booksellers across the nation in the monthly Indie Next List.
For more information, please contact Richard A. Bailey, PhD, Fitzpatrick professor of history at (716) 888-2684 or @email.