Books Sandwiched In: “Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaugin”

Each year in January and February, the The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library present Books Sandwiched In (BSI), a lunchtime book series featuring local speakers reviewing notable works of fiction and nonfiction. Additional support for Books Sandwiched In comes from Card Carrying Books & Gifts.
In 2026, as in recent years, the program will take place on Wednesdays, from January 7 through February 11, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 171 W. Pulteney Street in Corning. The presentations will start promptly at noon.
Presenters usually speak for 30 minutes or so, and allow 15-20 minutes for questions.

This year’s fourth book presentation will be Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gaugin by Sue Prideaux, and is presented by Katherine Fultz.
From the publisher: In the first full biography of Paul Gauguin in thirty years, Sue Prideaux illuminates the extraordinary oeuvre of a visionary artist vital to the French avant-garde. The result is “a brilliantly readable and compassionate study of Gauguin—not just as a painter, sculptor, carver and potter, but as a human soul perpetually searching for what is always just out of reach” (Artemis Cooper, Spectator).
This is the author’s fourth biography..

About the presenter: Katherine Fultz has many interests and skills: she is illustrator and surface designer, teaching Digital Art at 171 Cedar Arts Center; and she is an education specialist at the Rockwell Museum. Katherine earned a BA, MA and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan, and an MSEd in General Education from Elmira College.