November 12, 2019, Tuesday - Reading: Jonathan Blum at Milkweed Editions
Time:7:00 p.m.
Location: Milkweed Books | Open Book, 1st Floor, 1011 Washington Ave
Join Milkweed Books in welcoming author Jonathan Blum for a reading from his new story collection, THE USUAL UNCERTAINTIES (Rescue Press)!
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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THE USUAL UNCERTAINTIES
The stories in THE USUAL UNCERTAINTIES follow characters who live at the edges of the frame—among them, a community college dropout from Miami, a couple who meet at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles, a religious boy whose mother arranges a square dance Bar Mitzvah party for him, the director of a competitive Scrabble club, and a widowed geriatric care manager. Jonathan Blum's stories have a way of turning everyday people inside out, rendering them vulnerable and strange, the way we all appear when looked at closely enough. The unlikely heroes of THE USUAL UNCERTAINTIES are trying to make their way in the world in the face of struggles big and small, both ancestral and circumstantial. This collection is a compelling blend of tragic and comical, quiet and radiant.
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