Good Night, Irene: Words Alive Author's Luncheon & Fundraiser

Words Alive's Board of Directors invites you to join us for a joyous celebration of life-long learning at our fundraiser, luncheon, and book talk with bestselling author, Luis Alberto Urrea, about his newest novel, Good Night, Irene.

Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).

About The Presenters

Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of numerous other works of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including the national bestsellers The Hummingbird's Daughter and The House of Broken Angels, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. His landmark work of nonfiction, The Devil's Highway, is now in it's 30th paperback printing and was a finalized for the Pulitzer Prize. A recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, Urrea lives outside Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Dr. Seth Lerer is an American scholar, teacher, and public lecturer who specializes in the history of English literature and the English language. He is a Distinguished Professor of Literature at University of California, San Diego, where he served as the Dean of Arts and Humanities from 2009 to 2014.

The Virtual Experience

Virtual tickets will also be available and include:

• a recording of the discussion with the author

• a copy of Good Night, Irene

Virtual ticket holders should expect to receive their package and link to the video the week of June 19.