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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: A Reading by Malu Halasa Monday, November 13, 2017 On Monday, November 13, at 4:45 p.m. in Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center, Malu Halasa reads from her novel, Mother of All Pigs. The reading will be followed by a Q&A and is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Mother of All Pigs unveils contemporary life in the Middle East, as one family confronts its secrets over the course of a weekend’s festivities. Told from alternating points of view, Halasa’s debut novel is at times witty and energetic, compassionate and awe-inspiring, and over all, unputdownable."Malu Halasa’s brilliant and gripping novel gave me a better sense of the vivid complexity of contemporary life in the Middle East than anything else I’ve read. Written at the intersection of all the big contemporary conversations - about kinship, politics, ethnicity, religion, gender and morality - it nonetheless remains intimate and engaging." —Brian Eno ABOUT THE AUTHORMalu Halasa is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor based in London. Born in Oklahoma, she was raised in Ohio and is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University. Her books include: Syria Speaks – Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014); Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations (2009); The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design (2008); Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran (2007); Transit Beirut: New Writing and Images (2004) and Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance (2002). Mother of All Pigs is her first novel. Time: 4:45 pm EST/GMT-5 Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema Sponsor: Written Arts Program Contact: Corinna Cape. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-6822 x4454 Website: http://writtenarts.bard.edu If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/academics/programs/writtenarts/events/