Readings

New American Writing: Sheila Heti

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Canadian writer Sheila Heti is the author of the story collection The Middle Stories and the novel Ticknor. Her writing has appeared in various places including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire and The Believer. She is also the creator of the Trampoline Hall lecture series, at which people speak on subjects outside their areas of expertise. The series has run monthly in Toronto since 2001, and has sold out every show since its inception.

New American Writing

This series of contemporary fiction and poetry readings is organized by Benjamin Weissman, author of two books of short fiction, most recently Headless, and professor of creative writing at Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design.

Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.

Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, the Hammer Programs Committee, and Susan and Leonard Nimoy.