Wordfest Presents Affinity Konar & Alexander Maksik – $20

[gdlr_button href="https://www.artscommons.ca/WhatsOn/ShowDetails.aspx?show_id=C58C89EF-CF64-4E24-8C42-9443443A4451" target="_self" size="medium" background="#358CCB" color="#ffffff" border_color="#999999"]Buy Tickets[/gdlr_button] [gdlr_space height="20px"] Two of the strongest voices in contemporary American fiction are showcased on the Wordfest stage in this afternoon of conversations and readings from their latest novels. In Mischling, Affinity Konar unspools a spellbinding story about twin sisters facing the ultimate Nazi evil. Alexander Maksik's novel Shelter in Place is set in the jittery, jacked-up early 1990s, and stylishly charts the hereditary nature of mental illness. Hosted by Deborah Willis.

About the Authors

Affinity Konar released her debut novel, The Illustrated Version of Things, in 2009. At Wordfest, she presents her second novel, Mischling, which has been published in 20 countries and counting. She received her MFA from Columbia University and lives in Los Angeles. Alexander Maksik is one of America's most thrillingly defiant contemporary authors. His is the author of You Deserve Nothing and A Marker to Measure Drift, which was a finalist for both the William Saroyan Prize and Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. A contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveler, his writing appears in numerous publications including Best American Nonrequired Reading, Harper’s, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Salon and Narrative Magazine. Maksik is the recipient of a 2015 Pushcart Prize, as well as fellowships from the Truman Capote Literary Trust and The Corporation of Yaddo. He is the co-artistic director of the Can Cab Literary Residence in Catalonia, Spain and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. [gdlr_divider type="solid" size="100%" ] [gdlr_button href="https://www.artscommons.ca/WhatsOn/ShowDetails.aspx?show_id=C58C89EF-CF64-4E24-8C42-9443443A4451" target="_self" size="medium" background="#358CCB" color="#ffffff" border_color="#999999"]Buy Tickets[/gdlr_button] [gdlr_divider type="solid" size="100%" ] The Jewish Community Centre is a proud community sponsor of this event