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Join us for a reading by local author Fredrick Soukup from his literary fiction novel, BLISS.  In search of meaning amid America’s sedated upper middle class, a cynical college graduate forgoes medical school and moves to inner-city Chicago. When he falls in love with a woman uncompromisingly devoted to her community, he finds himself caught between two lives, one he does not want and one he cannot have. 

Praise for BLISS: "Fredrick Soukup’s Bliss sets a swift pace from the outset that readers are happy to keep up with as we follow each step taken by Connor, a young man pulled by opposing forces in his elusive search for certainty about his proper place and purpose.  Soukup paints the characters quickly and vividly with prose that sounds like poetry.  We are not allowed to enter their minds directly but understand their mentalities thoroughly through their actions and well-crafted dialogue.  The novel is full of activity, but the real achievement is the evocation of an internal struggle for an authentic way of life." -Scott Richardson, St. John’s University, Author of "The Homeric Narrator" and "Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond Chronicles: The Enigma of Francis Crawford"

Fredrick Soukup is a St. Paul-based literary fiction author, who is known for his quick and vivid prose. His debut novel BLISS (Regal House Publishing) hits shelves March 2, 2020. Soukup has published works in Fluent Magazine and Sou’wester. He was a semi-finalist for the 2017 American Short Fiction Prize and shortlisted by C&R Press for their 2019 Book Award.