The Downtown Writers Jam Happy Hour Conversation is a relaxed, interactive evening spent with some of the most interesting authors we’ve had on the program.
On Friday, October 16 at 7:30 pm EST, we’re excited to welcome authors Sarah Kasbeer (A Woman, A Plan, an Outline of a Man) and Nina Renata Aron (Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls).
Don’t worry if you haven’t read the books. These conversations are a spoiler-free, in-depth conversation about that touch on their lives, their work, and current events. And, you’ll have the opportunity to chat and ask questions. (It’s a Happy Hour, after all!)
So get registered and join us for a night of conversation and libations!
A WOMAN, A PLAN, AN OUTLINE OF A MAN:
Sarah Kasbeer’s vivid descriptions of growing up in Illinois recall the coming-of-age memoirs of Mary Karr, but written for the #MeToo era. As an adult living in New York during this clarifying cultural moment, she has no choice but to fully reckon with the aftermath of her own trauma. Artful and entertaining, this debut collection explores sexuality, desire, privilege, shame, and the ways we find to heal.
GOOD MORNING, DESTROYER OF MEN’S SOULS
Writing in prose at once unflinching and acrobatic, Aron delivers a piercing memoir of romance and addiction, drawing on intimate anecdotes as well as academic research to crack open the long-feminized and overlooked phenomenon of codependency. She shifts between visceral, ferocious accounts of her affair with K and introspective analyses of the part she plays in his addictions, as well as defining moments in the history of codependency, from the temperance movement to the formation of Al-Anon to more recent research in the psychology of addiction. Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls is a blazing, bighearted book that illuminates and adds nuance to the messy tethers between femininity, enabling, and love.
