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Rainbow Island

Some of the South’s best conversations begin with a great story. Join celebrated southern author Stephanie Soileau, and Garden & Gun chief editor, David DiBenedetto, for a discussion about craft, inspiration, and the influence of place on storytelling, complete with personal insights and readings from Stephanie’s recent work, Should the Water Take Us.

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Complimentary – books available to purchase

Meet Stephanie

Stephanie Soileau is the author of the critically acclaimed story collection Last One Out Shut Off the Lights. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Wallace Stegner Fellowship Program at Stanford University and the National Endowment for the Arts. Originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana, Soileau now lives in Chicago with her family and teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Chicago.

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