Solid Objects with Karen Joy Fowler, Jim Shepard, Thalia Field, and more...
Archived Event
No Longer Showing.
The Kitchen welcomes Solid Objects as the press organizes an evening of readings and performance, featuring Karen Joy Fowler, reading from her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves; Thalia Field, reading from her novel Experimental Animals, along with a multimedia performance; Julie Carr, reading from Real Life and other works; Miranda Mellis, reading from Demystifications and other works; Laura Mullen, reading from Complicated Grief and other works; and Jim Shepard, reading from his novel The Book of Aron.
There will also be a screening of an excerpt from Unlocking the Cage , Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker's groundbreaking film about animal rights and the legal system.
All proceeds from book sales and admissions will go to the Nonhuman Rights Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Pay what you wish at the door.
January 18, 7pm
This event is made possible with support from Axe-Houghton Foundation and Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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