Petrushevskaya at (and near) AAASS

[Sibelan Forrester]

Dear SEELANGers planning to attend AAASS next week,

Exciting news: Ludmilla Petrushevskaya will be in the exhibit hall at 
AAASS on Friday morning, November 13, 11:00-12:00. Befitting the date, 
she will be signing copies of the new edition of her "scary fairy 
tales," _There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's 
Baby_, translated by Anna Summers and Keith Gessen (published by Penguin).

Bela Shayevich recently posted information here about Petrushevskaya's 
cabaret act in New York City on November 6 (this Friday), at the Russian 
Samovar at 8 p.m.


Other Boston area appearances by Petrushevskaya:

On Thursday, November 12, 7 pm, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya will read from 
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary 
Fairy Tales (Penguin), a collection of her short stories selected and 
co-translated by Keith Gessen and Anna Summers. The reading will be held 
in Room 101 of Boston University’s School of Communication building, 640 
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. (Green line: BU East). Tickets: $5 at the 
door. This is a Russian-language event.

On Friday, November 13, 7pm, a reception welcoming and honoring Ludmilla 
Petrushevskaya will be held at the Pierre Menard Gallery, 10 Arrow 
Street, Harvard Square. http://www.pierremenardgallery.com/  Wine will 
be served; stories will be read; and There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried 
to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby will be available for purchase. This 
reception is free and open to the public.

For more information about the last two events, please email John 
Summers at summersj at bc.edu <mailto:summersj at bc.edu>.

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