Karlin to Discuss His Latest Novel

Local author Wayne Karlin will present his latest novel, “The Genizah,” and discuss the Holocaust backgrounds of the novel at a talk December 7 at the Lexington Park Library.

Register here for an email reminder. Walk-ins are welcome.

The talk will be held from 2 to 4pm. The library is at 21677 FDR Blvd. in Lexington Park.

Mr. Karlin will reveal the process of turning family history into fiction for “The Genizah,” according to the library’s website. He is the author of nine novels, a short story collection, and three non-fiction books.

A professor emeritus at the College of Southern Maryland, Mr. Karlin is the recipient of six state of Maryland Individual Artist Awards in Fiction, two Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994 and 2004), the Paterson Prize in Fiction for 1999, the Vietnam Veterans of American Excellence in the Arts Award in 2005, and the 2019 Juniper Prize for Fiction.

His books have also been published in England, and in translation in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and Vietnam.

For more information about Mr. Karlin and his works, click here.