Grace Paley
March 23 2004, 7:30 PM
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street, NW
March 24 2004, 7:30 PM
Kings Park Library
9000 Burke Lake Road, Burke
Grace Paley is one of America's most celebrated short-story writers, renowned for her wit and unerring ear for "the language of your street and your people." In collections like
The Little Disturbances of Man and
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, she introduced readers to a new kind of character: a feisty, resilient woman raising children on her own, finding and losing men, caring for her immigrant parents, and agitating for social justice. Long active in the feminist and anti-war movements, Paley describes herself as a "combative pacifist and a cooperative anarchist." She is also a poet and essayist.
Michael Chabon
May 23 2004, 7:30 PM
Board Auditorium, Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax
May 24 2004, 7:30 PM
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street, NW
Michael Chabon received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the story of two cousins, one a Czech immigrant, the other American, who together write comic books about a superhero called the Escapist. His other books include
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,
Wonder Boys, and
Summerland. He has also written the screenplays for
Kavalier & Clay and
Spider-Man 2. Chabon's forthcoming book,
Hatzeplatz, is a thriller inspired by FDR's proposal to create a Jewish homeland, not in the Middle East, but in Alaska. He lives in Berkeley, California.