Elena Ferrante’s Our Brilliant Friends・After Dinner Book Club & Watch Party With Goldstein, Freeman, Reynolds
Join Elena Ferrante’s translator Ann Goldstein, writer and educator Darcey Steinke (Flash Count Diary, Sister Golden Hair), writer and literary critic John Freeman (Freeman’s), writer and feminist activist Jamia Wilson (Road Map for Revolutionaries, The ABCs of AOC), journalist and author Elizabeth Mitchell (Lincoln's Lie, forthcoming in October), and Europa’s Editor in Chief Michael Reynolds for an informal online conversation about Ferrante’s novels and the HBO adaption of My Brilliant Friend.
This conversation will be bookended by an exclusive reading by Ann Goldstein from Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults. Then, stay with us in our virtual “living Zoom” as we watch the final episode of My Brilliant Friend Seson 2, “The Blue Fairy.”
Monday May 4 beginning at 9:00pm EST (6:00pm PST)
- 9:00pm (EST): Start (click on your Zoom link, which will be sent shortly before start time)
- 9:00-9:50: Conversation with guest speakers (attendees can ask questions via “chat” on Zoom)
- 9:50-10:00: Reading from The Lying Life of Adults
- 10:00-11:00: Our Brilliant Friends Watch Party live from our virtual Living Zoom. Stay on the line as we watch the finale together, commenting via Zoom chat. (Viewing the episode requires an HBO subscription. We will NOT be streaming the episode via Zoom. During this segment, video and audio will be off, but Zoom “chat” will be on for comments, questions, cheers, and gasps)
This event is hosted by Europa Editions in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library and LitFilm.
Join Elena Ferrante’s translator Ann Goldstein, writer and educator Darcey Steinke (Flash Count Diary, Sister Golden Hair), writer and literary critic John Freeman (Freeman’s), writer and feminist activist Jamia Wilson (Road Map for Revolutionaries, The ABCs of AOC), journalist and author Elizabeth Mitchell (Lincoln's Lie, forthcoming in October), and Europa’s Editor in Chief Michael Reynolds for an informal online conversation about Ferrante’s novels and the HBO adaption of My Brilliant Friend.
This conversation will be bookended by an exclusive reading by Ann Goldstein from Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults. Then, stay with us in our virtual “living Zoom” as we watch the final episode of My Brilliant Friend Seson 2, “The Blue Fairy.”
Monday May 4 beginning at 9:00pm EST (6:00pm PST)
- 9:00pm (EST): Start (click on your Zoom link, which will be sent shortly before start time)
- 9:00-9:50: Conversation with guest speakers (attendees can ask questions via “chat” on Zoom)
- 9:50-10:00: Reading from The Lying Life of Adults
- 10:00-11:00: Our Brilliant Friends Watch Party live from our virtual Living Zoom. Stay on the line as we watch the finale together, commenting via Zoom chat. (Viewing the episode requires an HBO subscription. We will NOT be streaming the episode via Zoom. During this segment, video and audio will be off, but Zoom “chat” will be on for comments, questions, cheers, and gasps)
This event is hosted by Europa Editions in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library and LitFilm.
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