Nell Freudenberger
& Jennifer Gilmore
Moderated by Bernadette Murphy, contributor, L.A. Times Book Review
Gilmore’s “Golden Country” vividly brings to life the intertwining stories of three immigrants seeking their fortunes. In Freudenberger’s “The Dissident,” a performance artist/political activist collides with a wealthy Beverly Hills family. In these extraordinary first novels, family dynamics and cultures in collision are lined with hilarity and wisdom.
Nell Freudenberger is the author of Lucky Girls, which won the PEN/Malamud Award. Her second book, The Dissident, was published in 2006. Freudenberger graduated from Harvard and has traveled extensively in Asia. Her travel writing has been published in Travel + Leisure, Salon, The New Yorker, and The Telegraph Magazine. She has written book reviews for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue and The Nation.
Jennifer Gilmore is the author of Golden Country. Her work has appeared in magazines and journals including the Alaska Review, Allure, BookForum, the Lincoln Center Theater Review, Los Angeles Times, Nerve, the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, Salon, the Seattle Weekly and The Stranger. Her essays have also been in several anthologies including The Friend Who Got Away (Doubleday), Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave (Norton), and How to Spell Chanukah (Algonquin).
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