Pen Parentis Literary Salon -- Authors from Tin House

Pen Parentis is thrilled to announce an evening of readings and conversation with three esteemed writers from Tin House: Cari Luna, Elissa Schappell, and Matthew Specktor. Cari Luna’s The Revolution of Everyday and Matthew Specktor’s American Dream Machine are both acclaimed novels released last year from Tin House Books. American Dream Machine is currently in development for a series on Showtime. Elissa Schappell is a founding editor and now editor-at-large at Tin House magazine, and the author of the much celebrated collection Blueprints for Building Better Girls. Each author will read from their work and then talk about their writing and parenting lives in an informal roundtable. These are three of the sharpest minds in the literary community, so expect an animated, insightful, and witty discussion covering a wide variety of topics! We hope that you will join us.

The reading takes place on Tuesday, February 11th at the elegant Hotel Andaz at 75 Wall Street, which graciously provides happy hour specials on beer on wine. The night kicks off at 7:00 pm, and admission is free. RSVP is recommended, but not required—the Pen Parentis Literary Salon is open to adults over the age of 21. The authors’ books are available for purchase from The Park Slope Community Bookstore.