Literary Arts Series: An Evening With Cheryl Strayed

Co-Presented by Seattle Times. Sponsored by Stoel Rives LLP Attys “The PCT gave me a really grand sense of humility, which is what you need so you can keep walking in ways both literal and metaphorical.” –Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed is a memoirist, novelist, and essayist. She is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, the memoir Wild (soon to be a feature film) and Tiny Beautiful Things, and the novel Torch. In 2012, Wild, about Strayed’s 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, was selected to be the inaugural book in Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. She has been the writer behind the popular “Dear Sugar” advice column since 2010. Her essays have been published in such magazines as The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Allure. “[Strayed] has the ineffable gift every writer longs for of saying exactly what she means in lines that are both succinct and poetic.” –The Washington Post Selected Works: Books: Torch (2006) – finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award; selected by the Oregonian as one of the top ten books by writer living in the Pacific Northwest Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012) Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar (2012)