![]() He attributes this to the book being relatable to readers while providing a diverse perspective at the same time.Īnd his meteoric rise in the literary world is similar to how quickly Harris developed as a writer at the UO, his creative writing professor Jason Brown says. Ever since Oprah featured The Sweetness of Water, it’s been an instant success, even breaking into the New York Times bestseller list for the first two weeks of July. “We just had this long talk about how much she loved the book, and she had all these parts underlined and all these questions.”Īnd she told him she wanted his book to be her book of the month for June 2021.īorn and raised in Ashland and an alum of the University of Oregon, Harris, 29, says being a writer was his only plan in life. ![]() “‘Nathan, this is Oprah,’” he remembers her saying. While sitting in his car in the parking lot, he received a phone call. He worried so much, he says, he developed hives and had to go to an urgent care. ![]() His mind went right to thinking the big news was bad news, he tells Eugene Weekly. ![]() ![]() The hives came shortly after Nathan Harris’ editor told him there was big news about his debut book, The Sweetness of Water. ![]()
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