Richard Powers and Karen Joy Fowler discuss 'Bewilderment'

In conjunction with Diesel, a Bookstore and Vroman's Bookstore, we present Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Powers for a conversation about his novel, 'Bewilderment'. Richard was joined in conversation by Karen Joy Fowler.
This event was streamed live on Thursday, September 23, 2021.
About Bewilderment
Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New Statesman, and Times of London
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain…
With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?
About Richard Powers and Karen Joy Fowler
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Karen Joy Fowler is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including The Jane Austen Book Club and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which was the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

[@jylyhughes5085]

Ah! Richard ..... as soon as I finished reading "The Overstory" I went right back to page 1 and started again. As soon as I finished reading "Bewilderment" I went right back to page 1 and started again. Thank you for your beautiful heart and mind .... and your exquisite words. This is such a gorgeous conversation. I could listen for many more hours.