Book Tour Kick-Off!
We
end the month with the kick-off of Karen Finley’s international book tour
for her new novella, George & Martha (Verso, 2006) which she both
wrote and illustrated. It grew out of a play about an imaginary affair between
George W. Bush and Martha Stewart (at an early point titled Bush: The Musical)
that she wrote and co-produced with P. S. 122 in fall 2004 at the Collective Unconscious
in Manhattan.
Finley’s
transgressive performances have long provoked controversy and debate in the U.S.
and abroad. She is the author of Shock Treatment, Enough Is Enough, Living
it Up, Pooh Unplugged and A Different Kind of Intimacy, and is the
editor of Aroused: A Collection of Erotic Writings. She has won an Obie
and was named Woman of the Year in ‘98 by MS. Magazine and Artist of the Decade
in ‘99 by Coaguala. She is currently a professor in Art and Public Policy at Tisch
School of the Arts, New York University, and is teaching at the Writers' Center.
She lives in Tarrytown.
This program includes adult material.
Karen Finley photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Suggested Donation: $5 ($3 for HVWC members)
Reservations
recommended, 914-332-5953
Please note that reservations will be honored
until 7:45 pm, after which time unclaimed seats will be released.
The readings at the HVWC are made possible in part by a grant from the Bydale Foundation; the David G. Taft Foundation; the Orchard Foundation; and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and by Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, corporations and individuals.