Reading and book signing
Event for Dedra Johnson
Phone: (504) 866-4916
1:00-2:30 PM
Saturday, July 19
Dedra Johnson will read from and discuss SANDRINE'S LETTER TO TOMORROW.
Trade Paper | 5.5 x 8 | 211 pages
ISBN: 978-09788431-2-0 | $14.95
"...the dialogue is fast and lively, and Sandrine’s first-person narrative delivers immediate, searing drama."—Booklist
"[An] aching debut...[with] echoes of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings..." —Publisher's Weekly
“Reading Dedra Johnson’s Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow, I was fully in the presence of the mind, heart, and soul of a richly rendered, fascinating fictional character. I knew I was also in the presence of the brilliant voice and sensibility of a major new American writer. This is an important novel by a true artist.”—Robert Olen Butler
“Dedra Johnson has caught something wonderful in Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow. She writes brilliantly about childhood, New Orleans, the intricacies of a vexed family life. Sandrine is a remarkable debut novel that will catch your heart.”—Frederick Barthelme
A native and current resident of New Orleans, Dedra Johnson received her MFA from the University of Florida, where she was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow was a finalist for the 2006 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Award.
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July 19, 2008 01:00PM
Maple Street Book Shop
7523 Maple St, New Orleans, LA, The United States
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7523 Maple St, New Orleans, LA, The United States
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Maple Street Book ShopPhone: (504) 866-4916
1:00-2:30 PM
Saturday, July 19
Dedra Johnson will read from and discuss SANDRINE'S LETTER TO TOMORROW.
Trade Paper | 5.5 x 8 | 211 pages
ISBN: 978-09788431-2-0 | $14.95
"...the dialogue is fast and lively, and Sandrine’s first-person narrative delivers immediate, searing drama."—Booklist
"[An] aching debut...[with] echoes of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings..." —Publisher's Weekly
“Reading Dedra Johnson’s Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow, I was fully in the presence of the mind, heart, and soul of a richly rendered, fascinating fictional character. I knew I was also in the presence of the brilliant voice and sensibility of a major new American writer. This is an important novel by a true artist.”—Robert Olen Butler
“Dedra Johnson has caught something wonderful in Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow. She writes brilliantly about childhood, New Orleans, the intricacies of a vexed family life. Sandrine is a remarkable debut novel that will catch your heart.”—Frederick Barthelme
A native and current resident of New Orleans, Dedra Johnson received her MFA from the University of Florida, where she was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow was a finalist for the 2006 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Award.
