Author Event: Elizabeth Shick, author of The Golden Land, with Michael Lowenthal
When:
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 7:00p -
8:00p
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Porter Square Books
25 White St
Cambridge, MA 02140
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Good for Groups
Event website:
https://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/elizabeth-shick-author-golden-land-michael-lowenthal
Porter Square Books is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Shick, debut author of the AWP award-winning novel The Golden Land, for an event with Michael Lowenthal! This event will take place on Thursday, March 16 at 7pm at Porter Square Books (25 White St. Cambridge, MA 02140). Proceeds of the evening will be donated to Boston Free Burma. RSVPs are encouraged, please visit: https://www.portersquarebooks.com/rsvp-attend-our-event-elizabeth-shick
ABOUT THE GOLDEN LAND:
A debut novel that digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. When Etta’s grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel to Myanmar to explore complicated adolescent memories of her grandmother’s family and the violence she witnessed there. Full of rich detail and complex relationships, The Golden Land explores those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.
ABOUT ELIZABETH SHICK:
Elizabeth Shick lived in Yangon, Myanmar from 2013 to 2019. A longtime American expatriate and development worker, she has also lived and worked in: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Italy. Liz currently resides in Dhaka, Bangladesh and spends time in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Lesley University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. The Golden Land is her debut novel.
ABOUT MICHAEL LOWENTHAL:
Michael Lowenthal has published four novels—The Same Embrace, Avoidance, Charity Girl, and The Paternity Test—and a story collection, Sex with Strangers. His shorter work has appeared in Tin House, Ploughshares, the New York Times Magazine, Guernica, and The Southern Review. The recipient of fellowships from the Bread Loaf writers’ conference, the MacDowell Colony, and the Mass Cultural Council, he lives in Boston and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University.
