Lidia Yuknavitch

Join us for a reading group discussion of Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch!

Left Bank Books

Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong-swimmer-turned-artist who journeys through addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.

Parking: Lots one block north and one block east; street parking (meters free after 7pm)

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The readings will be followed by a brief Q&A and the author will be available to sign books in the lobby afterward. Books will be available for sale on site. Lidia Yuknavitch writes to give voice to the maligned and the silenced. Her novel Dora: A Headcase reimagines the world of psychotherapy through teenage heroine Ida, whose alter ego is named Dora, who calls her therapist Siggy and is in love with her friend Obsidian. A philandering father, intimacy issues, and an experimental art film make this a true 21st century coming-of-age story. Yuknavitch is also known for her powerful memoir, The chronology of water, which explores addiction, abuse, and love, tracing the course of Yuknavitch’s life following the birth of her stillborn daughter. Yuknavitch is adept at exploring what it means to be human, drawing on her personal experience as well as creating complex, flawed, and fascinating characters.

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Lidia Yuknavitch

Admission:
The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Location:
Meyer Auditorium

Directions:
Located on Middle Campus. Enter campus at College and Sheridan roads.

Lake Forest College will hold its fourth annual Literary Festival Tuesday, March 25 through Thursday, March 27.

Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of three books of experimental short fictions: Her Other Mouths, Liberty's Excess, and Real to Reel, as well as one book of criticism, Allegories of Violence. Her short fictions and critifictions have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, The Iowa Review, Critical Matrix, Postmodern Culture, Ms., Tank, Another Chicago Magazine, Other Voices, Fiction International, and elsewhere. She currently teaches writing, literature, film and women's studies in Oregon. She is the founding editor of Chiasmus press, along with her husband the filmmaker Andy Mingo. The winner of various prizes and what-nots, including twice a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, she is currently finishing her first multimedia novel. (bookjones)… (more)

Lidia Yuknavitch

Admission:
The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Location:
Meyer Auditorium/Hotchkiss Hall

Directions:
Located on Middle Campus. Enter campus at College and Sheridan roads.

Lake Forest College will hold its fourth annual Literary Festival Tuesday, March 25 through Thursday, March 27.

7:00-8:30: Readings by Lidia Yuknavitch and Stacey Levine

Stacey Levine is a Seattle-based author whose books include My Horse and Other Stories and Dra--, a novel, both published by Sun & Moon Press in the 1990s. Her second novel, Frances Johnson, was published in 2005 by Clear Cut Press of Portland, Oregon, and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her first collection received a PEN/West Fiction Award. She received a 2005 fellowship from Washington's Artist Trust Foundation. Her work has appeared in the American Book Review, Fence, Tin House, Fodor's travel guides, The Fairy Tale Review, the Seattle Times, The Stranger, and weirder venues. Formerly a creative writing and English instructor, she is now working on a novel.

Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of three books of experimental short fictions: Her Other Mouths, Liberty's Excess, and Real to Reel, as well as one book of criticism, Allegories of Violence. Her short fictions and critifictions have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, The Iowa Review, Critical Matrix, Postmodern Culture, Ms., Tank, Another Chicago Magazine, Other Voices, Fiction International, and elsewhere. She currently teaches writing, literature, film and women's studies in Oregon. She is the founding editor of Chiasmus press, along with her husband the filmmaker Andy Mingo. The winner of various prizes and what-nots, including twice a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, she is currently finishing her first multimedia novel. (bookjones)… (more)