Ithaca College

Gabriel Urza, new Assistant Professor of Writing at Ithaca College, will read from his acclaimed debut novel All That Followed on Wednesday, September 16th at 7 PM in Klingenstein Lounge, Campus Center. 

Published on August 4th, just weeks before Urza began his tenure-eligible teaching position at IC, the novel has already garnered high critical praise from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and The New York Times. Set in 2004 in Muriga, a quiet town in Spain’s northern Basque Country, the book's opening action is the Atocha train bombings in Madrid. But the true story starts five years before, with the murder of a young local politician. This is the story narrated by three broken, beautiful characters--Joni, Maria, and Iker--who unravel their own dark secrets and each other's.

NPR describes the book this way: "All That Followed is a rarity in fiction: a thriller with an ending that's essentially revealed at the beginning. But this isn't the kind of novel that depends on a plot twist or a shock ending to work; the reader is drawn in not because we want to find out what happened, but why it happened. And Urza's writing is so strong — both tough and lyrical, unsparing and beautiful — that it's difficult to tear yourself away....All That Followed [is] a bold, stunning book."

The reading, followed by a Q&A and book-signing, is free and open to the public. Books will be on sale.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Eleanor Henderson at ehenderson@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3324. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.