Author Richard Powers Returns To WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE With New Novel PLAYGROUND
The 7pm event will include an author presentation and on-stage interview with NHPR’s Julia Furukawa.
By: A.A. Cristi Sep. 12, 2024
On Tuesday, October 1, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Richard Powers comes to The Music Hall as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series. He will discuss his newest novel, PLAYGROUND.
His new and exciting novel features four characters with interlaced pasts as they are drawn together on the history-scarred island of Makatea. Richard Powers showcases an oceanic-sized narrative that melds captivating characters with contemporary themes of climate change and artificial intelligence.
The 7pm event will include an author presentation and on-stage interview with NHPR’s Julia Furukawa.
About the Author:
Richard Powers is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory and the New York Times bestselling novel Bewilderment. He also wrote the acclaimed works Orfeo, Generosity: An Enhancement, The Echo Maker, and many more national best-selling novels. Powers worked as a computer programmer in Boston before dedicating himself to his first novel, Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance. The novel was met with critical acclaim and jump started his storied literary career. Richard Powers now lives and writes in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Tickets:
The ticket package for Writers on a New England Stage: Richard Powers with PLAYGROUND on Tuesday, October 1, at 7pm is $18. For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher (Playground, $30 hardcover) is required. Tickets can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or in person at the McKeon Ticketing Hub at 104 Congress St., Portsmouth.
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