Robin Black - If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This
05/27/2011 7:00 pm
Acclaimed author ROBIN BLACK will speak about and sign her collection of short stories, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This.
A father struggles to forge an independent identity as his blind daughter prepares for college. A mother comes to terms with her adult daughter’s infidelity. An artist mourns the end of a romance while painting the portrait of a dying man. A finalist for the the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award and now in paperback with an additional story, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This illuminates the truths of human relationships, truths we come to recognize in these characters and in ourselves.
Robin Black's stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Southern Review, The New York Times Magazine. One Story, The Georgia Review, Colorado Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Freight Stories, Indiana Review, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. I (Norton, 2007). She is the recipient of grants from the Leeway Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, the Sirenland Conference and is also the winner of the 2005 Pirate’s Alley Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition in the short story category. Her work has been noticed four times for Special Mention by the Pushcart Prizes and also deemed Notable in The Best American Essays, 2008, The Best Nonrequired Reading, 2009 and Best American Short Stories, 2010. She holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.
______________________________________
In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, you must purchase a copy of the event book from BookPeople and show proof of purchase at the event.
Location:
- Street:
- 603 N Lamar Blvd
- City:
- Austin ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 78703-5413
- Country:
- United States
