Apr 13
A Reading by Greg Sarris
Mon, April 13, 2026
• 4:30pm
- 5:30pm (1h) • Boliou 104
Please join us for a reading by this year’s Schuster Distinguished Visitor, the writer Greg Sarris (Pomo/Miwok). Sarris lives in Sonoma County and is currently serving his seventeenth term as Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. He is the author of several books, including the novels Grand Avenue (which he adapted for an HBO miniseries, co-executive produced with Robert Redford) and Watermelon Nights; Weaving the Dream, a biography of the Pomo healer and basket-weaver Mabel McKay; and the story collections How a Mountain Was Made and The Forgetters. He has taught English, American and American Indian Literature, and Creative Writing at UCLA, Stanford, Loyola Marymount, and Sonoma State University. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Regents for the University of California; he is a Board Trustee of the Sundance Film Institute; and he is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will discuss The Forgetters and read from his forthcoming novel, The Last Human Bear.
from English
Event Contact: Solvei Robertson