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@Macaulay Author Series – Lara Vapnyar with Ben Greenman

Award winning author Lara Vapnyar will read from her captivating new novel The Scent of Pine and be joined in conversation by Ben Greenman.

Kicking off the Spring session of @MACAULAY AUTHOR SERIES events, acclaimed Russian-American author Lara Vapnyar will read from her new novel, The Scent of Pine. Vapnyar will then join novelist and New Yorker contributor Ben Greenman in an unmoderated discussion about humor, creativity and other topics.

Free and open to the public, the event includes a book signing and reception with the author. Copies of The Scent of Pine will be available for sale.

Lara Vapnyar came to the US from Russia in 1994 and started writing fiction in English in 2002. She is the author of the acclaimed novel Memoirs of a Muse and two collections of short stories: There are Jews in My House and Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper’s and The New Republic.

@MACAULAY AUTHOR SERIES events are free and take place at Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus. Advance online registration requested at http://bit.ly/19dPk8y

About Macaulay Honors College

Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New York offers exceptional students a uniquely personalized education with access to the vast resources of the nation’s largest urban university and New York City itself. Selected for their top high-school records and leadership potential, Macaulay students receive a full-tuition scholarship to pursue global learning and service opportunities while also enrolled in one of eight CUNY senior colleges (Baruch, Brooklyn, City, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Queens and Staten Island). For more information visit macaulay.cuny.edu.











When: Wed., Feb. 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Macaulay Honors College
35 W. 67th St.
212-729-2900
Price: Free and open to the public
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Award winning author Lara Vapnyar will read from her captivating new novel The Scent of Pine and be joined in conversation by Ben Greenman.

Kicking off the Spring session of @MACAULAY AUTHOR SERIES events, acclaimed Russian-American author Lara Vapnyar will read from her new novel, The Scent of Pine. Vapnyar will then join novelist and New Yorker contributor Ben Greenman in an unmoderated discussion about humor, creativity and other topics.

Free and open to the public, the event includes a book signing and reception with the author. Copies of The Scent of Pine will be available for sale.

Lara Vapnyar came to the US from Russia in 1994 and started writing fiction in English in 2002. She is the author of the acclaimed novel Memoirs of a Muse and two collections of short stories: There are Jews in My House and Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper’s and The New Republic.

@MACAULAY AUTHOR SERIES events are free and take place at Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus. Advance online registration requested at http://bit.ly/19dPk8y

About Macaulay Honors College

Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New York offers exceptional students a uniquely personalized education with access to the vast resources of the nation’s largest urban university and New York City itself. Selected for their top high-school records and leadership potential, Macaulay students receive a full-tuition scholarship to pursue global learning and service opportunities while also enrolled in one of eight CUNY senior colleges (Baruch, Brooklyn, City, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Queens and Staten Island). For more information visit macaulay.cuny.edu.

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