Join the Library and PEN/Faulkner for a co nversation with the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winner Mahreen Sohail t o discuss her collection of short stories < em>Small Scale Sinners. In conversation with Gwydion Suilebahn\, Mahreen will discuss the new book and share tips for writing a collection of short stories. \;
\nCopies of the book will be available for sale and signing following the talk.
\nLocation: First Floor New Boo ks Area.
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About the book and author:
A scintillating debut story collection examining a fundamental question: What does it mean to be good? In twelve kaleidoscopic stories\, Mahreen So hail shifts our perspective on this question from moment to moment. Two gi rls observe a group of child soldiers and one reflects: &ldquo\;My sister and I were only small scale sinners.&rdquo\; A chorus of sixth graders unr avels a school year they spend obsessed with their twin classmates. A girl cuts off her beautiful long hair for her boyfriend&rsquo\;s dying mother\ , but he immediately wishes she hadn&rsquo\;t. Alternate\, parallel lives are considered. With startling observations and economy of language\, Soha il dives ever deeper into the question\, asking how&mdash\;in the midst of grief or betrayal\, against a backdrop of war\, or even just workaday suf fering&mdash\;being good matters. \;Small Scale Sinners \;announce s the arrival of an extraordinary talent.
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Mahreen Sohail was born in Islamabad\, Pakistan. She has an MF
A from Sarah Lawrence College\, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar\,
and was a Writing Fellow at A Public Space and a Charles Pick Fellow at t
he University of East Anglia. Her work has appeared in \;Granta\,
\;The Kenyon Review\, \;Pushcart Prize XLII\, and elsewhere. She lives
in Washington\, DC.
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Moderator Gwydion Suilebhan
is a writer\, arts and technology innovator\, and arts advocate. A foundi
ng member of The Welders&mdash\;a Helen Hayes Award-winning playwrights co
llective in Washington\, DC&mdash\;Suilebhan previously held the position
of Director of Brand and Marketing for Woolly Mammoth\, and he has worked
as a brand and technology consultant for a variety of large arts and cultu
re organizations\, including Ford&rsquo\;s Theatre\, the Drama League\, an
d the Playwrights Center\, among many others. Earlier phases of his career
included extensive work in publishing\, education\, and journalism. Suile
bhan also serves as Project Director of the New Play Exchange for the Nati
onal New Play Network.
See the full Find Your Story schedule here.
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