Join us on Wednesday, September 6th at 7pm PT when Hilary Leichter celebrates the release of her novel, Terrace Story, with Rita Bullwinkel at 9th Ave!
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/CFvguv8Q_Yo
About Terrace Story
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world
Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world.
Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death?
Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next.
About Hilary Leichter
Hilary Leichter is the author of Temporary, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and was long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, n+1, and Conjunctions. Leichter was the Summer 2022 Picador Guest Professor for Literature at Leipzig University, and is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
About Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel is the author of Headshot (Viking 2024) and Belly Up, which garnered a 2022 Whiting Award. Bullwinkel's writing has been published in ZYZZYVA, Tin House, The White Review, Conjunctions, BOMB, Vice, NOON, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hawthornden Castle, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Her work has been translated into Italian, Greek and Dutch. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney's, the Deputy Editor of The Believer, a Contributing Editor for NOON, and the creator of Oral Florist. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts and University of San Francisco.
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Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/CFvguv8Q_Yo
About Terrace Story
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world
Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world.
Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death?
Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next.
About Hilary Leichter
Hilary Leichter is the author of Temporary, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and was long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, n+1, and Conjunctions. Leichter was the Summer 2022 Picador Guest Professor for Literature at Leipzig University, and is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
About Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel is the author of Headshot (Viking 2024) and Belly Up, which garnered a 2022 Whiting Award. Bullwinkel's writing has been published in ZYZZYVA, Tin House, The White Review, Conjunctions, BOMB, Vice, NOON, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hawthornden Castle, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Her work has been translated into Italian, Greek and Dutch. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney's, the Deputy Editor of The Believer, a Contributing Editor for NOON, and the creator of Oral Florist. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts and University of San Francisco.
Join us on Wednesday, September 6th at 7pm PT when Hilary Leichter celebrates the release of her novel, Terrace Story, with Rita Bullwinkel at 9th Ave!
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/CFvguv8Q_Yo
About Terrace Story
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world
Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world.
Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death?
Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next.
About Hilary Leichter
Hilary Leichter is the author of Temporary, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and was long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, n+1, and Conjunctions. Leichter was the Summer 2022 Picador Guest Professor for Literature at Leipzig University, and is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
About Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel is the author of Headshot (Viking 2024) and Belly Up, which garnered a 2022 Whiting Award. Bullwinkel's writing has been published in ZYZZYVA, Tin House, The White Review, Conjunctions, BOMB, Vice, NOON, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hawthornden Castle, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Her work has been translated into Italian, Greek and Dutch. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney's, the Deputy Editor of The Believer, a Contributing Editor for NOON, and the creator of Oral Florist. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts and University of San Francisco.
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Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/CFvguv8Q_Yo
About Terrace Story
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world
Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world.
Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death?
Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next.
About Hilary Leichter
Hilary Leichter is the author of Temporary, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and was long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, n+1, and Conjunctions. Leichter was the Summer 2022 Picador Guest Professor for Literature at Leipzig University, and is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
About Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel is the author of Headshot (Viking 2024) and Belly Up, which garnered a 2022 Whiting Award. Bullwinkel's writing has been published in ZYZZYVA, Tin House, The White Review, Conjunctions, BOMB, Vice, NOON, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hawthornden Castle, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Her work has been translated into Italian, Greek and Dutch. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney's, the Deputy Editor of The Believer, a Contributing Editor for NOON, and the creator of Oral Florist. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts and University of San Francisco.
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