Join two acclaimed Hoosier storytellers as they read from their most recent story collections. Followed by a Q&A where you can ask your burning questions on writing stories. Praise for Imagine Your Life Like This: “Layden’s vividly-drawn characters struggle to define themselves in relation to who they used to be, who they want to be, and who others imagine them to be. In the midst of their various crises, they behave badly, make mistakes, and want what they can’t have, and yet in spite of—or maybe because of—their fallibility, they remain sympathetic and lovable. Imagine Your Life Like This is a crisp, compassionate, and moving examination of the difficulty of seeing ourselves clearly and the pain of being seen by others in ways we can’t control.”—Ashley Wurzbacher, author of Happy Like This
Praise for Origami Dogs: "In every story of Origami Dogs, Reid’s tenderness for her characters shines through, illuminating their beautiful yearning for connection, love, and acknowledgment. I read with my heart in my throat, eager to follow wherever Reid took me, and eager to linger with each character before they were gone."
-Gwen E. Kirby, author of Shit Cassandra Saw
About the authors:
Sarah Layden is the author of Imagine Your Life Like This, stories; Trip Through Your Wires, a novel; and The Story I Tell Myself About Myself, winner of the Sonder Press Chapbook Competition. Her short fiction appears in Boston Review, Blackbird, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Best Microfiction 2020, and elsewhere. She is co-author with Bryan Furuness of The Invisible Art of Literary Editing. Her recent essays, interviews and articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Poets & Writers, Salon, The Millions, and River Teeth. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Noley Reid’s fourth book is Origami Dogs, a collection of short stories in which dogs rove the grounds of their companions’ emotions. By turns raw, playful, and devastating, the book is a celebration of the bond possible between humans and dogs. Reid’s previous book, the novel Pretend We Are Lovely, was an Oprah Magazine Editors’ Pick and Publishers Weekly Best of the Season. She lives in southwest Indiana with her two best boys and two original origami dogs.
Event Venue
2122 Scott St., Lafayette, IN, United States, Indiana 47904
