With his latest book 'Sun House', author David James Duncan continues exploring the American search for meaning and love that he began in his acclaimed novels 'The River Why' and 'The Brothers K.' His new wildly creative novel illuminates the hearts of people who seek and find a different way to be in the world.
About this event
Join us for a conversation with fiction writer, essayist, activist, closet musician, and occasional poet, David James Duncan. Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Powers says this about Duncan’s book ‘Sun House’: “The time, energy, focus, precision, invention, scholarship, fun, joy, love, courage, and compassion that went into making this novel boggle my mind. Just contemplating its creation is something of a spiritual journey. Finding this kind of expansive refreshment at this most narrow-minded moment in history is a gift.”
Through the prisms of modern and ancient mystical traditions, the American West, making a living in the contemporary world, activism and more, ‘Sun House’ is a beautiful and wise exploration of the unpredictable, expansive yearnings of the human heart. You will leave this gathering inspired, smiling, curious, and pondering for days on end.
David James Duncan
David James Duncan is the author of the cult-classic novels ‘The River Why’ and ‘The Brothers K’, the story collection ‘River Teeth’, the nonfiction collection and National Book Award finalist, ‘My Story as Told by Water’, and ‘God Laughs & Plays’. David’s work has garnered three Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards, two Pushcart Prizes, the Western States Book Award, an honorary doctorate from University of Portland, the American Library Association’s 2004 Award for the Preservation of Intellectual Freedom (with co-author Wendell Berry) and other honors. David lives on a charming little trout stream in Missoula, Montana, in accord with his late friend Jim Harrison’s advice to finish his life disguised as a creek.
Dan Quinlan, moderator
Dan Quinlan is the founder the non-profit SolaVida. His focus is on working with people who are passionate about making the world a more humane and healthy home for all people. His advocacy work revolves around reducing carbon pollution – through projects in advocacy, communications, and finance – mostly in collaboration with health professionals. Dan has also spent years wandering (formally and informally) around ideas about wisdom and joy – across neuroscience, psychology, wisdom traditions, philosophy, sociology, the arts and more.
