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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Catherine Lacey Roundtable Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Catherine Lacey’s short story collection\, Certain American States (FSG\, 2018)\, portrays Americans tortured by the mundanity of their lives. The Chicago Tribune calls it \"exactly what you would expect from Lacey: perfect sentences\, penetrating insights\, devastating epiphanies.”\n\nLacey is also the author of The Answers (FSG\, 2017)\, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2017\, and Nobody is Ever Missing (FSG\, 2014)\, a New Yorker Best Book of 2014. She has won a Whiting Award\, was a finalist for the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award\, was named one of Granta Magazine's Best Young American Novelists\, and has been compared to both Don DeLillo and Margaret Atwood.\n\nWriting about The Answers\, The Los Angeles Times said\, \"Like the work of Clarice Lispector or Rachel Cusk\, Lacey’s novels seem to be on the verge of inventing a new genre somewhere between prose poem and fugue state.\" Discussing The Answers with Interview Magazine\, Lacey notes\, “I want things to be both beautiful and readable. I’m not trying to alienate a reader\, or make someone think they can’t read it because they like more commercial things. I hope that there’s room for any sort of mind to encounter the book.”\n\nHer work has been translated into French\, Italian\, Spanish\, Dutch and German. With Forsyth Harmon\, she co-authored a nonfiction book\, The Art of the Affair. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly\, The Believer\, The Paris Review Daily\, The Atlantic\, and others.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n \nThe Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64\, LLDHon ’13). For more information\, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers \n \nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209)\, reflection room (Haven Hall #1506)\, and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request\; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services. \n \nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
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CATEGORIES:Literature
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