Author Talk: Cheryl Strayed – Tiny Beautiful Things

Friday, Aug. 3, 7 – 8:30 pm.
Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar brings the best of Dear Sugar in one place and includes never-before-published columns. Rich with humor, insight, compassion—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Join Cheryl Strayed for a discussion of her just published (July 2012) book Tiny Beautiful Things. Cheryl is the author the critically acclaimed novel Torch, and most recently the New York Times Bestseller, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Her stories and essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, Allure, Self, The Missouri Review, The Sun, The Best American Essays, and elsewhere. Raised in Minnesota, Strayed now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, the filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, and their two children.  Q&A follows the talk. Books available for purchase and signing courtesy of Elm Street Books, New Canaan. Registration highly recommended.