Thursday, October 20 at 6 PM – 8 PM
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St, New York, New York 10014
Free Admission | Sponsored by the Adelphi University MFA Program
National Book Foundation 5 under 35 author, Kirsten Valdez Quade reads from her award-winning debut story collection, Night at the Fiestas. Followed by a conversation with author, essayist, and newest member of the Adelphi MFA faculty, Katherine Hill.
Wednesday, November 2nd | 6pm
Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St, New York, New York 10014
Free Admission | Sponsored by the Adelphi University MFA Program
National Book Award finalist, Alice Kaplan reads from her gripping biography, not of a modern French writer, but of the modern French novela, The Stranger — “a cornerstone of modern literature, one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, and the best selling mass market paperback in French publishing history.”
Followed by a conversation with writer, editor, translator, and current Franke Visiting Fellow at Yale University, Harold Augenbraum.
