About this Event
We're delighted to invite Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and one of the most exhilarating, revelatory voices in contemporary fiction, for the launch her newest novel, Human Blues. Told over the course of nine menstrual cycles, Human Blues is a bold, brainy, darkly funny, utterly original interrogation of our cultural obsession with childbearing. On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first exciting—and then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous, or did she? Join us for a celebration of this daring new work “...filled with personality as Albert merges questions of fame and fertility into a thought-provoking exploration of agency and expression… with enough attitude to put Sleater-Kinney or even Lizzo to shame… [A] life-affirming howl into a wild world.” (Eric Ponce, BookPage) Albert alights on our Fort Greene store to read and be joined by Hawa Allan, author of Insurrection, for a heady conversation not to be missed.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 30.50