Greg Sarris in Conversation with Tanya Thrasher at Politics and Prose
April 9, 2022 | 5:00 pm
Accomplished author, university professor, and tribal leader Greg Sarris will celebrate his new memoir, Becoming Story, with Tanya Thrasher (Cherokee Nation) at Politics and Prose Bookstore in D.C.
For the first time in more than twenty-five years, Greg Sarris–whose novels are esteemed alongside those of Louise Erdrich and Stephen Graham Jones–presents a book about his own life. In Becoming Story, Sarris creates a kaleidoscopic narrative about the forces that shaped his early years and his eventual work as a tribal leader. He considers the deep past, historical traumas, and possible futures of his homeland. His acclaimed storytelling skills are in top form here, and he charts his journey in prose that is humorous, searching, and profound.
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Greg Sarris
Greg Sarris is an enrolled member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and is currently serving his seventeenth consecutive elected term as chairman of the tribe. He is the author of several books, including the novel Grand Avenue, which he adapted for an HBO miniseries and co-executive produced with Robert Redford; the novel Watermelon Nights; Weaving the Dream, a biography of Mabel McKay; Becoming Story, a memoir; and the story collections How a Mountain Was Made and The Forgetters. Formerly a full professor of English at UCLA, Sarris serves on the University of California Board of Regents and the Sundance Institute Board, and he holds the Distinguished Emeritus Graton Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. He lives in Sonoma County, California. (Photo by Beowulf Sheehan)
