UW Libraries
Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writer Lecture: Susan Orlean
Wed. Oct. 28, 2020 6–7 p.m. PDT
Online
Join UW Libraries for a lively webinar with renowned author and the 2020 Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship recipient, Susan Orlean. A staff writer for The New Yorker, Orlean is the author of many books, including “The Library Book,” “The Orchid Thief,” “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend,” and “Saturday Night.” Orlean will discuss “The Library Book,” her writing style and the role of libraries in her life and writing. She will be interviewed by Maria Semple, a Seattle local, New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter.
Registration is free.
The Maxine Cushing Gray Endowed Libraries Visiting Writers Fellowship was established in 1985 at The Seattle Foundation by friends and admirers of the late Maxine Cushing Gray. The Fund was established to honor her wide-ranging contributions and to recognize future generations of established writers of exceptional merit.
Maxine Cushing Gray was a prominent Northwest critic and editor for nearly 40 years. Gray worked tirelessly to see that all artists, as well as writers, were given just recognition and financial compensation for their work. As a music and dance critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Argus, and founding editor/publisher of Northwest Arts, she not only nurtured the development of artists in the Northwest, but often acted as their conscience. She sought to keep all public bodies accountable and was an advocate for artists seeking an individual voice. She set standards of criticism, fought acceptance of the mediocre and encouraged the young.
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