The Dallas Museum of Art’s literary and performing arts series Arts & Letters Live will launch its 2009 series on Friday, January 16 at 7:00 p.m. with best-selling author Stephanie Kallos. She will discuss her just-published novel, Sing Them Home, a deeply moving portrait of three grown siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother’s mysterious disappearance when she was swept up by a tornado. Reviewers have called the work “enthralling.”

Stephanie Kallos made her debut as a national best-selling author with her novel Broken for You (2004), which was selected by author Sue Monk Kidd as the Today Show Book Club pick. Kidd said, “Essentially it’s about taking what is broken, especially our lives, and reconfiguring them into mosaics of beauty and meaning.” This dazzling debut earned Kallos comparisons to John Irving, Margaret Atwood, and Carol Shields.

WHAT:
Stephanie Kallos, best-selling author of recently released novel Sing Them Home

WHEN:
Friday, January 16, 2009
7:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Horchow Auditorium
Dallas Museum of Art

COST:
FREE with general admission, but seating is limited; reservations strongly encouraged. For more information call 214-922-1818 or visit DallasMuseumofArt.org/ALL.