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Readings

  • Author of "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist," Sunil Yapa October 4, 2018 at 8:15 pm – 8:15 pm Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center A finalist for the 2017 PEN/Faulkner award, Yapa’s debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick and was named one of the best books of 2016 by Amazon, Time magazine, The Washington Post, Bustle, and others. Set during one day of…
  • Q&A with the Author, Sunil Yapa October 5, 2018 at 11:00 am – 11:00 am Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library A finalist for the 2017 PEN/Faulkner award, Yapa’s debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick and was named one of the best books of 2016 by Amazon, Time magazine, The Washington Post, Bustle, and others. Set during one day of…

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