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Fiction First: The Art of the Novel

an Evening with Joan Silber

2020-02-06 18:00:00 2020-02-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Fiction First: The Art of the Novel Join us for the inaugural event in our Fiction First: The Art of the Novel series, in which SCLSNJ facilitates a connection between our communities and major fiction authors. Bridgewater branch - Meeting Room ABC

Thursday, February 06
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2020-02-06 18:00:00 2020-02-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Fiction First: The Art of the Novel Join us for the inaugural event in our Fiction First: The Art of the Novel series, in which SCLSNJ facilitates a connection between our communities and major fiction authors. Bridgewater branch - Meeting Room ABC

Bridgewater branch

Meeting Room ABC

Join us for the inaugural event in our Fiction First: The Art of the Novel series, in which SCLSNJ facilitates a connection between our communities and major fiction authors.

Joan Silber is the author of eight books of fiction, most recently the novel,
Improvement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the
PEN/Faulkner Award. It was listed as one of the best books of the year by the
Washington Post, Newsday, the Seattle Times, and Kirkus Reviews.
She’s also the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.
Her previous book, Fools, was longlisted for the National Book Award and a finalist for
the PEN/Faulkner Award. Other works include The Size of the World, finalist for the LA
Times Fiction Prize, Ideas of Heaven, finalist for the National Book Award and the Story
Prize, and Household Words, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her short stories
have appeared in O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart
Prize collections. She’s also the author of The Art of Time in Fiction.
She grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and attended Sarah Lawrence College, where
she studied with Grace Paley. She holds an M.A. from New York University. She has
taught for many years at Sarah Lawrence College and in the Warren Wilson College
MFA Program. She lives in Manhattan and travels as often as she can, with a special
interest in Asia.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lecture | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | reading | #bookdiscussion | #authorvisit | #author |

Bridgewater branch

bridgewater@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8415

Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31 due to Easter Sunday
Mon, Mar 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed
(Easter Sunday)

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