Acclaimed author Aimee Bender will read from her latest novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, on Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m., in 61传媒’s Edwards Humanities Auditorium. This event, which includes a book signing and reception for the author, is free and open to the public.
Bender is the author of story collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (1998), a New York Times Notable Book, and Willful Creatures (2005).聽 Her first novel, An Invisible Sign of My Own (2000), was a Los Angeles Times pick of the year. Her latest work, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, won the SCIBA award for best fiction and an Alex Award.
Bender’s short fiction has appeared in publications such as Grant, GQ, Harper’s, Tin House, McSweeney’s, and The Paris Review. She has appeared on PRI’s This American Life and Selected Shorts.聽 She is the recipient of two Pushcart prizes and holds nominations for both the James Tiptree, Jr. award in 2005 and the Shirley Jackson Award in 2009. Today, Bender lives in Los Angeles where she teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California and surrealist writing at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
Aimee Bender comes to 61传媒 as a guest of David Treuer, Scripps’ spring 2011 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, and the 61传媒 Writing Program. For more information please call the 61传媒Writing Program at (909) 607-3250.