Sunday, January 13, 2:30 pm
Redrawing the Boundaries: Rachel Cusk
Parallel Stories Lecture Series
Rachel Cusk has been said to have redrawn the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three “literary masterpieces” (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the reader. Lauded for the precision of her prose and the quality of her insight, Cusk is a writer of uncommon brilliance, not without controversy. Her writing is spare but sharp; she listens. Equally adroit at unmasking the detached despair of silent couples, social habits, or the assumptions we make about art, motherhood, marriage and loyalty, Cusk offers a new, compelling model of storytelling
Cusk is interviewed by Andrew Winer, fellow writer, friend, novelist, and Chair of Creative Writing at UC Riverside. Book signing to follow
Parallel Stories is a literary and performing arts series that pairs art and artists with award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. This series functions as a multidisciplinary lens through which to view the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions.
$5 SBMA Members/$10 Non-Members/$6 Senior Non-Members
Purchase tickets at the Museum Visitor Services desk or online at tickets.sbma.net.
Location:
Mary Craig Auditorium
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara
Links/reviews for Rachel Cusk:
The New Yorker
London Review of Books
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n09/patricia-lockwood/why-do-i-have-to-know-what-mcdonalds-is
The New York Review of Books
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/08/16/rachel-cusk-queen-of-rue/
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/books/review/rachel-cusks-outline.html]
Parallel Stories lectures coming soon:
Sunday, January 27, 2:30 pm
Reflections on a Watery World: Tony de los Reyes and Sameer Pandya
Inspired by the site-specific installation by Los Angeles-based artist April Street, The Mariners’ Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars, Flying Clouds), this conversation between artist Tony de los Reyes and writer Sameer Pandya explores the symbolic potential of the sea.
Sunday, February 3, 2:30 pm
Reading and Conversation: Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is a writer forging a new mode of nonfiction. Her writing resists categorization—her books span poetry, criticism, autobiography, theory, and the hybrid spaces in between. In heady visceral language, she invites the reader into her open-ended and empathetic way of thinking. Through the dynamic interplay between personal experience and critical theory, Nelson not only broadens the scope of nonfiction writing, but also offers compelling meditations on social and cultural questions.
Sunday, March 10, 2:30 pm
Dismantling Hierarchies: Alex Espinoza
Alex Espinoza’s writing is filled with a sense of place and longing, and an idiosyncratic search for love, meaning, and unflinching truth. In an afternoon of reading and conversation, the author shares his thoughts on Southern California, masks, identity, cultural displacement, faith, the world of lucha libre, belonging, and why what should exclude us, empowers us.