Author of "As Close to Us as Breathing," Elizabeth Poliner

Poliner is an associate professor of English at Hollins. Her latest novel, As Close to Us as Breathing, was named an Amazon Best Book for March 2016. A National Public Radio reviewer called it “the kind of novel you sink into blissfully." The New York Times said it is “a big-hearted roundelay of a novel that, among other things, performs the invaluable service of recovering a lost world.” Poliner also wrote Mutual Life & Casualty, a novel in stories, and What You Know in Your Hands, a poetry collection. Q&A with the author, Friday, September 2, 11 am, Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library.