Visiting Writers Series: Erica Berry
Sun, Oct 13
|Trinity Cathedral Portland
The Visiting Writers Series presents Oregon Book Award winner Erica Berry. Her book "Wolfish," explores the biology and mythology of wolves, as well as what it means to be human in the Pacific Northwest.
Time & Location
Oct 13, 2024, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
Trinity Cathedral Portland
About the Event
The Visiting Writers Series presents Oregon Book Award winner Erica Berry. Her book, Wolfish, explores the biology and mythology of wolves, as well as what it means to be human in the Pacific Northwest. Berry will read from her book and answer questions. Books will be available for purchase. (In person only)
About the author: Erica Berry’s nonfiction debut, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, was published in February 2023 by Flatiron/Macmillan (US+Canada), and Canongate (UK+Commonwealth) in March 2023. Wolfish is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and a semifinalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Award. Her essays, often about the intersection between feelings and the natural environment, appear in The New York Times, Orion, The Yale Review, The Guardian, Aeon, Literary Hub, Wired, Outside, Colorado Review, and The Atlantic, among others. Winner of the Steinberg Essay Prize, she has received grants and fellowships from…