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SUMMARY:An Evening with Wright Thompson and Michael Koryta
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bloomington Book Festival for the third-annual presentation of the Bob Hammel Writing Award. \nThe 2026 winner and keynote speaker is Wright Thompson\, a New York Times bestselling author and revered journalist. A native of Clarksdale\, in the Mississippi Delta\, Thompson has spent two decades proving that the best stories are often about ambition\, loss\, family\, and the price of greatness. \nHis latest book\, The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi\, is a haunting account of the brutal 1955 murder of Emmett Till\, named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post\, TIME\, and Vanity Fair and nominated for a PEN America Literary Award. \nIn his journalism for ESPN and the Atlantic\, Thompson has written the definitive profiles of legends ranging from Ted Williams to Michael Jordan\, revealed the secret history of Tiger Woods’ Navy SEAL fascination\, and penned many of the most-read articles in ESPN’s history. Some of those pieces were collected in his New York Times bestseller\, The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business. \nAnother bestseller was Pappyland: A Story of Family\, Fine Bourbon\, and the Things That Last\, which is both a chronicle of the remarkable history of world-famous Pappy Van Winkle whiskey and a meditation on the traditions worth preserving. (We’re hoping Wright will offer an opinion on Indiana’s finest bourbon by the end of the night.) \nPresenting the Hammel Award and joining Wright in conversation is Bloomington native Michael Koryta\, a New York Times bestselling author whose new novel\, Die Famous\, releases September 22. Set in Indiana in 1937\, the novel follows Savannah Cody and her son Alford as they pursue the man she once loved and the nation now fears—the outlaw Nickel Terhune—from the Midwest to Maine. Stephen King called Die Famous “the best gangster novel I’ve ever read.” The evening with Wright Thompson will be Koryta’s only appearance in Bloomington this fall. Both writers will sign books following the event. \nDon’t miss the chance to hear these authors talk about their craft\, influences\, and bourbon preferences! \nTickets are required and may be purchased by clicking on the RSVP link above. For more information\, email bloomingtonbookfest@gmail.com. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Mini-Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/an-evening-with-wright-thompson-and-michael-koryta/
LOCATION:Buskirk-Chumley Theater\, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave.\, Bloomington\, IN\, 47408
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