Literary Arts Series: An Evening With Sheri Fink

Co-Presented by Seattle Times. Sponsored by KUOW 94.9 FM Public Radio “Sheri Fink has written an unforgettable story. Five Days at Memorial is social reporting of the first rank.” –New York Times Sheri Fink is a journalist, author, and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and an M.D. from Stanford University. Her medical degree is what led her to humanitarian aid work in disaster and war zones, and eventually to journalism. Her book, Five Days at Memorial, which expands upon her Pulitzer Prize-winning article about a hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book prize for Current Interest. Fink is currently a staff reporter for the New York Times. “Fink’s book is essential reading for anyone who cares about New Orleans, the breakdown of order in disaster zones, and medical dilemmas under crisis circumstances.” –Boston Globe