Events & Calendars Reading: Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the novel "Two Girls, Fat and Thin", as well as "Veronica", which was nominated for the 2005 National Book Award, National Critic’s Circle Award, and LA Times Book Award, and, most recently, The Mare. She is also the author of the story collections "Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To", which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner in 1998, and "Don’t Cry". Gaitskill has been awarded numerous honors and prizes and, according to The New York Times Book Review, her “palpable talent puts her among the most eloquent and perceptive contemporary fiction writers.” Refreshments to follow.