Authors Coming!
Augusten Burroughs
St. Louis County Library
Monday, April 6, 2009
7:00 p.m.
"With A Wolf at the Table, the prequel to his bestseller Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs re-creates the dysfunctional relationship between an alcoholic and unpredictable father and a son yearning for unconditional love. Emotionally unflinching and brave, A Wolf at the Table is a devastating look at the distance that can separate fathers and sons."
Stefan Merill Block
Left Bank Books
Thursday, April 16, 2009
7:00
Block is here to promote his critically acclaimed debut, The Story of Forgetting. As Publishers Weekly says, "This astounding debut captures an air of the fantastical while presenting one family's heartfelt battle with Alzheimer's. Seth Waller is a 15-year-old Austin, Tex., science nerd determined to discover the reason behind his mother's recent mental breakdown. Abel Haggard, living on his family farm just past the Dallas suburbs, is an aging recluse roiled by memories of his one true love: Mae, his brother Paul's wife. The two had a torrid affair while Paul served in Korea, forcing Mae to conceal the paternity of her baby when she became pregnant. Both Seth and Abel speak of a fantasy land named Isidora, which exists outside of our physical world, but which becomes a common thread in piecing this delicately woven story together. Each character is a product of a different time and place, but as Seth delves deeper into his scientific investigation and Abel's troubled life is further revealed, the two stories meet in an emotional and memorable climax. Block displays an innate gift for developing believable characters each with his own distinct voice. The result is a story that's compulsive and transporting."
Colson Whitehead
Left Bank Books
Thursday, May 14, 2009
7:00
Whitehead is here to promote his new novel, entitled Sag Harbor. The Boston Globe says that “Whitehead is making a strong case for a new name of his own: that of the best of the new generation of American novelists.”
St. Louis County Library
Monday, April 6, 2009
7:00 p.m.
"With A Wolf at the Table, the prequel to his bestseller Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs re-creates the dysfunctional relationship between an alcoholic and unpredictable father and a son yearning for unconditional love. Emotionally unflinching and brave, A Wolf at the Table is a devastating look at the distance that can separate fathers and sons."
Stefan Merill Block
Left Bank Books
Thursday, April 16, 2009
7:00
Block is here to promote his critically acclaimed debut, The Story of Forgetting. As Publishers Weekly says, "This astounding debut captures an air of the fantastical while presenting one family's heartfelt battle with Alzheimer's. Seth Waller is a 15-year-old Austin, Tex., science nerd determined to discover the reason behind his mother's recent mental breakdown. Abel Haggard, living on his family farm just past the Dallas suburbs, is an aging recluse roiled by memories of his one true love: Mae, his brother Paul's wife. The two had a torrid affair while Paul served in Korea, forcing Mae to conceal the paternity of her baby when she became pregnant. Both Seth and Abel speak of a fantasy land named Isidora, which exists outside of our physical world, but which becomes a common thread in piecing this delicately woven story together. Each character is a product of a different time and place, but as Seth delves deeper into his scientific investigation and Abel's troubled life is further revealed, the two stories meet in an emotional and memorable climax. Block displays an innate gift for developing believable characters each with his own distinct voice. The result is a story that's compulsive and transporting."
Colson Whitehead
Left Bank Books
Thursday, May 14, 2009
7:00
Whitehead is here to promote his new novel, entitled Sag Harbor. The Boston Globe says that “Whitehead is making a strong case for a new name of his own: that of the best of the new generation of American novelists.”
