Six Bridges Book Festival: Hope Coulter

Moderated by Sandy Longhorn

Six Bridges Book Festival presents Hope Coulter (Rumors of Peace). Moderated by Sandy Longhorn.

Hope Coulter

Hope Coulter’s work includes Rumors of Peace, The Wheel of Light, and two earlier novels. Her writing has won recognition such as Meringoff Awards in nonfiction and poetry and the Porter Prize for Literary Excellence. Hope is a Louisiana native who earned her AB at Harvard and her MFA at Queens University of Charlotte. Now retired from Hendrix College, she lives in Little Rock.

Rumors of Peace lifts up questions of agency and growth in the fractured American South. The eight stories are mostly set in the southern U.S., and most have female protagonists—but more than those common elements, the collection is about the stories we spin to sustain our versions of self. In the end it’s about generational myth-building and how girls, in particular, inhabit narratives in the process of authoring their lives.

ASL interpretation will be provided for all Six Bridges sessions held in CALS Ron Robinson Theater. ASL interpretation for sessions at other CALS locations and Six Bridges venues (including CALS Main Library) will be provided by request. To request ASL interpretation, please submit an ASL Interpretation Request form.

CALS will validate parking in the CALS Library Square surface lot and the CALS Parking Deck. The entrance to the surface lot is located on 2nd Street near River Market Ave. The entrance to the parking deck is located on Rock Street and can be accessed from President Clinton Ave. Street parking is also available throughout the River Market District (free after 6pm and on weekends).