Literary Event Highlights Acclaimed Novelists on November 5
Novelists Téa Obreht (THE TIGER’S WIFE) and Alexi Zentner (THE LOBSTER KINGS and TOUCH) will be featured at the second Literary Encounters: A Conversation Series, launched by the Adelphi University MFA Program in Creative Writing in collaboration with the PEN/Guernica Flash Series. Co-hosted by the Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the conversation will be held on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. at 143 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (nearest subway stops: B,F, Q,R,2,3). Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see esteemed novelists in a live conversation moderated by Sharon Guskin. This free event is open to the public. Seats available on a first come, first serve basis. Space is limited.
Taking as its focus literary friendships, influences, and the importance of community, the series will pair a vibrant cross-section of writers, critics, editors, and other literary professionals. They will discuss their individual creative journeys, influences, career trajectories, as well as the literary encounters that lit up their minds and shook up their writing. Each event will feature two literary professionals at different stages in their careers—showcasing their talents, perspectives, and approaches to their work in a public dialogue.
Obreht and Zentner will read from their current work and talk about current writing projects and communities that have been important to them as writers.
Téa Obreht is the author of The Tiger's Wife. She was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of 12. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and The Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation's list of 5 Under 35. Téa Obreht lives in New York. Alexi Zentner is the author of the novels The Lobster Kings and Touch. The Lobster Kings was named one of the must-read books of summer by The New York Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Boston Magazine, and will be published in at least six countries and five languages. His first novel, Touch, was published in a dozen countries, and shortlisted for The 2011 Governor General’s Literary Award, The Center for Fiction’s 2011 Flahery-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the 2012 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the 2011 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Alexi's fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Narrative Magazine, and many other publications. He is the winner of both the O. Henry Prize (jury favorite) and the Narrative Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize. Alexi is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. He was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, and currently lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters. He holds both Canadian and American citizenship.
Adelphi’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing offers students the opportunity to specialize in four major genres: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and dramatic writing. Students work closely with faculty and literary scholars in multiple genres and areas of study, and engage with their peers in a multi-genre Thesis Colloquium. Students also meet with writers, agents, editors, and arts administrators during an intensive Practicum. The program has strong connections with New York City’s lively arts scene and long-standing relationships with organizations such as PEN American Center, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Cave Canem and Kundiman.
For more information regarding the MFA Program in Creative Writing, visit http://english.adelphi.edu/mfa-in-creative-writing/ or receive updates by following on Twitter @Adelphi_MFA.
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