Tuesday, October 15, 2019
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (ET)
TANG Payne
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
518-580-5598
Department
Special Programs
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=27061
A talk and book-signing by Mary Gaitskill. Author of several award-winning books, including Bad Behavior (stories,1988), Two Girls, Fat & Thin (novel, 1991),
Because They Wanted To (Stories,
1997), Veronica (novel, 2005), Don’t Cry (stories, 2009), The Mare (novel, 2015) and Somebody With A Little Hammer (essays,
2017). Her story “Secretary” was made into a feature film starring Maggie
Glyllenhall some years ago, and several of her stories have been included in Best American Stories and the O’Henry Prize Stories. Her most recent
work is a novella entitled “This Is Pleasure,” which appeared in a July Online
edition of THE NEW YORKER magazine.
This event is free and open to the public.