In the mid-20th century, Henry Beam was a promising young poet from Cleveland County. On a trip to Paris, he returned with poems he claimed were saved from a Nazi death camp. This became his undoing as allegations of plagiarism cost him his job and career.
Three decades later, Beam broke his silence and told his life story to a UNC graduate student. What she discovers is a complex experience in France: Beam鈥檚 love affair, his sketchy situation with a right-wing politician and his encounter with a mysterious man who supposedly gave him the poems.
This is the plot of 鈥溾�� (Livingston Press/2015), the second novel by Greensboro writer .
Host Frank Stasio talks with Herin about her latest book.
Herin will speak at Scuppernong Books in , Literary Bookpost in and McIntyre's Books in Pittsboro on Nov. 15.
