08/14/2026
Thursday, August 20th, at Pascal Hall , we are excited to be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz from 5:30 - 6:30 in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Hernan Diaz is the Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of four books published in thirty-seven languages. He is the recipient of the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, given to "a writer whose contributions to American literature have demonstrated consistent excellence."
His first novel, "In the Distance," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and it was the winner of the Saroyan International Prize, the Cabell Award, the Prix Page America, and the New American Voices Award, among other distinctions. It was also a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year and one of Lit Hub's 20 Best Novels of the Decade.
"Trust," his second novel, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a New York Times Bestseller, the winner of the Kirkus Prize, and longlisted for the Booker Prize, among other nominations. It was listed as a best book of the year by over thirty publications and named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Time magazine, and it was one of The New Yorker's 12 Essential Reads of the Year.
"Ply," his latest novel, will be released by Riverhead on September 29 of this year. Barnswallow Books will have copies of Diaz's work for sale after the event. We hope to see you there!
