# 21 AHABS WIFE
| Author : | Sena Jeter Naslund LOUISVILLE, KY |
| Artist : | Damon Farmer VERSAILLES, KY |
| Sponsor : | Fifth Third Bank |
Sena Jeter Naslund (1942- ): Ahabs Wife
Sena Jeter Naslund is a cofounder of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA in Writing, where she edits The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press. A winner of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction award, she is the author of eight works of fiction, including Ahabs Wife, a finalist for the Orange Prize. She recently retired from her position as Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville. The 1999 novel Ahab’s Wife is a 668-page epic that centers upon Ahab’s fictional wife Uma’s life, dreams, and relationships. The bulk of this novel is about Uma’s journey toward self-awareness. Naslund notes that one need not have read Moby Dick in order to enjoy Ahabs Wife.
Damon Farmer:
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By happy coincidence, I was reading the Sena Jeter Naslund novel, Ahab’s Wife, when I became aware of the Book Bench Project. Already inspired by her vivid nautical descriptions, the book was a natural choice. I’m glad for the opportunity to illustrate scenes from her epic expansion of the Moby Dick world. Damon Farmer is a sand sculptor and painter from Versailles, Ky.