Cheryl Strayed, "Wild"

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published November 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM MST

The writer Cheryl Strayed is coming to Utah next week, so Friday, we're rebroadcasting our conversation with her about her acclaimed memoir Wild. It's the story of her 1100 mile journey along the Pacific Crest Trail. She was 26 at the time; her marriage was falling apart and she was grieving for her dead mother. It was a loss she says brought her to her most savage self. [Rebroadcast]

On Wednesday, November 12, Cheryl Strayed will deliver the 2014 Tanner Forum on Social Ethics. She speaking twice actually - once at Noon and again at 7:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake Community College's Grand Theatre. She'll sign books after the evening lecture. [More information]
Strayed is the author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail [Indiebound|Amazon] and the novel Torch [Indiebound|Amazon]

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Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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