Norway House’s book club meets monthly. This is a great way to get to know others in our community and get in on some really great reads! Books are available for sale at ALSO Ingebretsen’s Gavebutikk at Norway House. There is no fee to attend.
About Power + Light
Weaver’s long-awaited adult novel returns to the themes of Red Earth, White Earth and Sweet Land.
In 1906, an emigrant family from Norway arrives in North Dakota with dreams of owning land and “moving up in the world.” Tragedy plus a crime against them by a powerful man threatens to destroy the family. An unlikely hero steps up. Jenny Haugen, seventeen, leads her siblings on a generational march toward agency, justice, and power. Power + Light, the first of a two-book saga, mirrors the hard-won success of America itself and shows Weaver at the height of his powers.
From GoodReadsAbout Will Weaver
Will grew up on a farm in Minnesota. A few good English teachers turned his attention to literature, which took him to the University of Minnesota and Stanford University. In the Stanford Writing Program, he worked with Raymond Carver, Alice Hoffman, and other top writers. He completed his M.A. in Creative Writing at Stanford, focusing on short stories, the genre that launched his career as a writer.
A PEN award winner, his short story collections and novels have earned reviewers' praise from coast to coast. The New York Times Book Review called A Gravestone Made of Wheat “a graceful collection, one that views America’s heartland with a candid but charitable eye.”
Red Earth, White Earth, Mr. Weaver’s debut novel, was published by Simon + Schuster and produced as a CBS television movie. A Gravestone Made of Wheat (Simon + Schuster) won the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. Several of the stories were performed on National Public Radio. The title story was produced as the independent feature film Sweet Land starring Ned Beatty and Alan Cumming. Sweet Land earned rave reviews in its national theater release. “A triumph…a movie of extraordinary tenderness” (Entertainment Weekly). It is available streaming and on DVD. Sweet Land: The Musical debuted on April 28, 2017, at The History Theatre, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Will Weaver has also written several successful novels for young adults. Striking Out (HarperCollins) was honored as Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Full Service (Farrar, Straus + Giroux, 2005) won starred reviews and was listed as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Defect won the 2008 Minnesota Book Award. His MotorNovel series, focused on small-town stockcar racing, includes Saturday Night Dirt, Super Stock Rookie, and Checkered Flag Cheater. Memory Boy is the touchstone book for school-to-community oral history projects and was produced as a full-length opera by the Minnesota Opera in 2016.
In addition to writing, Will taught creative writing and literature at Bemidji State University in northern Minnesota, where he and his wife live on the Upper Mississippi River. These days, Will writes full-time and travels widely, speaking at schools and conventions on all matters related to writing and reading, literature, and literacy. If you’re an aspiring fiction writer—or just like hearing about the writing life—check out his “In The Write” blog. In it, he shares what he’s learned about writing and publishing to help other aspiring writers.