Neverhome: A Reading with Laird Hunt

The Heartland has always been at the center of Laird Hunt’s writing. In his latest work, the critically acclaimed "Neverhome," an Indiana housewife and farmer disguises herself as a man and enlists in the Union Army. Inspired by powerful real-life incidents, Hunt weaves a gorgeous, fictional universe and enthralling narrative. His rich, warm cadences mesmerize on and off the page, and with this midwestern view of the Civil War, he will take his rightful place among our era’s most gifted novelists. Chicago writer Kevin Kilroy joins him for a conversation.

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