Strout comes to Manhattanville
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- October
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If you are a fan of “Olive Kitteridge,” the collection of short stories about life in Maine by Elizabeth Strout, then come meet the prize-winning author and writing professor in person next month in Purchase.
Strout is the featured guest of Manhattanville’ College’s “Meet the Writers” Literary Series fall 2009. This literary series offers readings and introductions to renowned authors. Events are funded in part by Poets & Writers Inc. with additional funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
This particular event is at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at Reid Castle in Purchase and will feature a reception, Q & A and book signing. It is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Contact Karen Sirabian, Director of Manhattanville College’s Master of Arts in Writing Program at 914 323-5239, e-mail sirabiank@mville.edu.
Strout is well known for her previous book, “Amy and Isabelle” and other writings. But her latest short story collection, Olive Kitteridge from Random House has been quite popular with book groups. The Somers Library Book Discussion Series talked about it earlier this month and they haven’t and won’t be the only ones.
The National Book Critics Circle said this of the collection:
A series of brief sketches of the residents of a Maine town, Olive Kitteridge ducks the cloying school of small-town portraiture, instead using close-ups of Olive and her friends and relatives to tease away at the threads of anger, pettiness, and fear that can leave a life unraveled and unfulfilled.
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