Spring 2014
Tuesday, May 6
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Saint Clare Room, 3rd Floor
Learning Commons, Technology Center, and Library
The Library, the Department of English, and the Creative Writing Program are pleased to feature Ron Hansen and his latest book, She Loves Me Not: New and Selected Stories, as the Library's Spring 2014 Book of the Quarter on Tuesday, May 6. A well-known author and professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara, Mr. Hansen will be interviewed by Steven Boyd Saum, editor of Santa Clara Magazine. We invite you to join us for a conversation that will range widely over Mr. Hansen's recent work, as well as his other books and screenplays for television and film. There will be an opportunity for members of the audience to ask questions, and a book signing will follow the talk. It is not necessary to read the book prior to attending the event, but copies of She Loves Me Not will be available for purchase at the event. They may also be purchased in advance at the campus bookstore or borrowed from the University Library or through LINK+.
About the Book
She Loves Me Not: New and Selected Stories brings together twelve new short stories and seven from his highly-praised previous collection, Nebraska. The subjects range from Oscar Wilde to murder to dementia to romance, displaying Hansen as an author at the height of his powers as he explores the deepest recesses of desire, love, fury, and loss. Remarkable for their scope and variety, the stories in this collection confirm Hansen's place as a major American writer.
About the Author
Ron Hansen is the author of eight novels, two collections of stories, a book of essays, and a children's book. Twice nominated for a PEN/Faulkner Award, he was a finalist for the National Book Award for his novel Atticus. His novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was made into a movie starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. Hansen's writing has won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters. He is the Director of Creative Writing at Santa Clara University, where he is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professor in the Arts and Humanities.
About the Interviewer
Steven Boyd Saum has edited Santa Clara Magazine since 2006. His essays, fiction, and journalism have appeared in Salon, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. He previously was editor-in-chief for the Commonwealth Club of California and edited the highly-regarded collection Each a Mighty Voice. In Ukraine, where he lived for four years, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer, hosted a radio show, directed the Fulbright program, and served as an election monitor during the Orange Revolution. He is also a three-time champion on Jeopardy!