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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">Marie-Helene Bertino reads from Beautyland on 4/17 </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">The Study invites you to join us for an engaging discussion with Yale lecturer in Creative Writing Marie-Helene Bertino, as she gives a special reading from her book, shares inspiration and discoveries
while writing and answers questions from the audience!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">About <i>Beautyland</i></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">When Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. As a child, Adina Giorno recognizes that she is
different: she possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. A fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings. She moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans,
as she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">About Marie-Helene Bertino</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of the novels Parakeet (NYTimes Editor's Choice), 2 a.m. at The Cat's Pajamas, and the short story collection Safe as Houses. Her work has appeared in The New York
Times, Tin House, Electric Literature, Granta, and more. She has receieved numerous awards including The O. Henry Prize, The Pushcart Prize, The Iowa Short Fiction Award, and The Mississippi Review Prize. She has taught for NYU, The New School, Institute for
American Indian Arts, and currently teaches in the Creative Writing faculty of Yale University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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