[Yale-readings] Feb. 15 at 7pm: Edith Pearlman and Elizabeth Ziemska

[Kuhl, Nancy]

Ordinary Evening Reading Series Welcomes Edith Pearlman and Elizabeth Ziemska
Feb. 15 at 7pm - Anchor Bar


Refresh your palate in the chocolate-coated aftermath of Valentine's Day by joining The Ordinary Evening Reading Series for two exciting fiction writers, Edith Pearlman and Elizabeth Ziemska, at 7PM on Tuesday, February 15, in the Anchor Bar's Mermaid Room, 272 College Street in New Haven.

Reviewing Edith Pearlman's Binocular Vision on the front page of the January 14th New York Times Book Review, Roxana Robinson wrote that in these stories "we're caught up in a stream of beguiling details. . .as Pearlman describes a world that's familiar, beloved and fascinating all at once." But then, says Robinson, Pearlman "slips in an emotion. . . which permeates the landscape, leaving it known but dreaded, familiar but unbearable, a place we never want to inhabit, but do."

"The orchestra fluted, blared, strummed.  Persons danced, changed partners, danced again.  The pile of hamantaschen diminished, was replenished.  The two Hungarian sisters entered, hand in hand.  A skit was performed in one corner.  Ida entered, wearing a hat.  A skit was performed on stage.  Someone sang, dreadfully.  Three men dragged in the upright piano from the corridor, although the orchestra had specified that it did not require a piano, did not want a piano, certainly could not employ that piano, which was missing seventeen keys."
-from "Purim Night," in Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories by Edith Pearlman
"For instance, how would I have reacted if I'd figured out that what my father had made me was not just a clever toy but a time machine?  Had I known that my father had given me the means to fast-forward to a time beyond the havoc of my parents' divorce, would I have used it?  Had I known that I could skip past the 1980s and '90s and settle gently into the place where I am now, at peace with myself, would I have done it?"
-from "Count Poniatowski and the Beautiful Chicken," Interfictions:2 by Elizabeth Ziemska

Edith Pearlman's Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories has just been published by Lookout Press. She is the author of three other collections of stories: Vaquita (1996), Love Among The Greats (2002), and How To Fall (2005). She has published more than 250 works of short fiction and short non-fiction in national magazines, literary journals, anthologies, and on-line publications. Her work has been selected by Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Prize Collection, Best Short Stories from the South, and The Pushcart Prize Collection. Her essays have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Preservation, and Yankee. Her travel writing has been published in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and salon.com<http://salon.com/>.

Elizabeth Ziemska's first published story "A Murder of Crows," appeared in Tin House (Spring 2007), was a finalist for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Award, and made the extended list for Best American Non-Required Reading. "Count Poniatowski and the Beautiful Chicken" was published in Interfictions:2 (2009). Elizabeth is currently at work on a novel that combines Russia, mythology, sturgeon, and two women.

Born in Poland, Elizabeth grew up in New York and L.A. She went to Vassar and UCLA, where she earned a degree in Biology. After several years working as an agent first in the New York publishing industry and then in L.A.'s film industry, she decided to pursue writing at the Bennington Writing Seminars. She earned her MFA in 2008 and lives in L.A. with her husband, stepson, and three crazy dogs.

This season's lineup offers an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction read by the authors. For our March 15 program, we welcome fiction writers Daniel Swift and Michael Alenyikov. Check our website for author biographies, links to samples of their work, and other information: http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/.

ABOUT THE ORDINARY EVENING SERIES

The Ordinary Evening Reading Series presents readings by poets, novelists, and non-fiction writers. We welcome drinkers and teetotalers alike and hope you can join us for what the New Haven Independent called "one of those unofficial civic ventures that make New Haven such a vibrant place."

Read writers' biographies, find links to more writing, send us an email, and more at http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com<http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/>.


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