Notes from the Reading Life: Alexandra Kleeman and Alex Gilvarry: Notes from the Reading Life
Location
The Staten Island-based authors, and husband and wife duo, visit the Library to discuss the books that have inspired them throughout their careers.
Alexandra Kleeman is the author of the novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, and Intimations, a short story collection. The winner of the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize, her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, and many other publications. Alex Gilvarry is a Staten Island-native and author of the celebrated novels Eastman Was Here and From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant. He is a 5 Under 35 National Book Award nominee, and a professor of creative writing at Monmouth University. Together they will speak about the formative role books played in both of their lives.
Notes from the Reading Life is a discussion series that features some of our most well-known and well-read neighbors discussing the books that excite and inspire them—the books that guided them through their careers (in art, entertainment, comedy, and more), helping to make them into who they are today. Presented in partnership by the National Book Foundation and The New York Public Library, Notes from the Reading Life will take place throughout June at four library branches in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Notes from the Reading Life is a program co-presented by the National Book Foundation and The New York Public Library, supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form one hour before the program.
PRESS
Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc.) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Ayofemi Kirby at ayofemikirby@nypl.org.