Join us at 5:40 PM, Tues. Oct 8 for the next installment of Inside the Writers House, when Writers House instructor Alex Dawson talks with acclaimed fantasy author Lev Grossman (The Bright Sword), joining us via Zoom from Australia. Named a "Best Summer Read" by virtually every magazine, newspaper, and web site that decrees such things, The Bright Sword has been called "thrilling... marvelous" (Washington Post), "fresh... engrossing" (George R.R. Martin), "epic" (Boston Globe), "breathtaking" (Publishers Weekly, starred), "highly recommended" (Library Journal, starred), "grand and magnificent" (Booklist), "storytelling at its purest: glorious, propulsive, and dramatic" (Locus), "rousing... rollicking... brilliant" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), "enthralling" (Town & Country), "miraculous" (Elle), "a radiant reimagining, a must-read" (Paste), and "not only one of the best books of the year, but one of the best Arthurian novels ever" (LitHub). The New York Times Book Review says Lev is "at the top of his game" and that The Bright Sword "joins 1,400 years of storytelling and resoundingly earns its place among the best of Arthurian tales." Lev Grossman is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogyThe Magicians, The Magician King, and The Magicians Landwhich has been published in thirty countries and adapted as a TV show that ran for five seasons on SYFY. He is also a screenwriter and the author of two childrens books, The Golden Swift and The Silver Arrow, and his journalism has appeared in Time, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, among many other places.
Zoom Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98231287839?pwd=WmhlblJSWnlva0lWNVZGL3dwZDlqUT09 (PASS CODE: IWH)
"Inside the Writers House" invites you into the homes, offices, and writing rooms of acclaimed authors, providing an inside eye on their working life and a level of intimacy often lacking in more formal settings. An obvious reference to the televised Actor's Studio seminar, "Writers House" interviews are likewise craft focused, but strive for an earthy spontaneity unencumbered by prepared queries and index card cues. Visits are conversational and plastic, largely molded by (and dependent on) audience questions. In addition to the conversation, most visits include short readings, writing prompts, show-and-tell sessions, and house/apt tours. Chances are you'll meet their pets (and look inside their refrigerators).
In the last seven years, students have visited with almost 200 authors in dozens of different cities. Internationally, they've talked with Eoin Colfer in Dublin, Mariana Enriquez in Buenos Aires, Yewande Omotoso in Johannesburg, Garth Greenwell in Sofia, Karin Tidbeck in Stockholm, Kevin Barry in Sligo, and Daisy Johnson in Oxford. Stateside, they've talked with Maurice Ruffin in New Orleans, Karen Russell in Portland, Chigozie Obioma in Lincoln, Tommy Orange in Oakland, Susan Orlean in Los Angeles, Tom Perrotta in Belmont, Jeff VanderMeer in Tallahassee, and Eowyn Ivey in Palmer, Alaska (as well as more local, across-the-river luminaries like Jennifer Egan, Victor LaValle, Lev Grossman, and André Aciman).