On the Craft of Writing’s debut event features David Treuer, whose most recent book, the New York Times bestselling The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, mixes history, memoir, and reportage to create a sweeping history–and counter-narrative–of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present.

What reviewers are saying about the book:

“Chapter after chapter, it’s like one shattered myth after another.” – NPR

“A marvel of research and storytelling.” – O, the Oprah Magazine

“Treuer’s storytelling skills shine.” – The Economist

“An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait… Treuer’s powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about this nation’s past..” – New York Times Book Review, front page

The Event

Treuer will discuss the process of combining different genres to create a hybrid nonfiction account, an increasingly popular form that uses memoir as just one tool available to the nonfiction writer. He will give a short lecture and then be in conversation with Writers’ League Program Director Michael Noll. Books will be for sale, with a signing following the lecture and conversation.