| The volume of Marge Piercy's ouvre alone is staggering, including 14 books of poetry and 17 novels, such as the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers and the national bestseller The Longings of Women.She will deliver a lecture on her most recent book, Sex Wars, an astonishing historical novel of gender, power and the American Dream set in 19th century New York City and based on the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the like. The Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in the United Kingdom and the Sheaffer-PEN/New England Award for Literary Excellence are two among the many she has received. This reading is being co-sponsored by Crandall Library in Glens Falls. | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Miller Auditorium Dearlove Hall |
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