Event Program
Hilton Als, My Pinup
THALIA BOOK CLUB: HILTON ALS, MY PINUP
MON, NOVEMBER 07
DISCUSSION
Hilton Als and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will not be a book signing at this event.
Book sales provided by Greenlight Bookstore
THE ARTISTS
Hilton Als
The Pulitzer Prize–winner Hilton Als has been hailed as “exhilarating and audacious” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “spectacular” by Bookforum, and “thoroughly wise” by Library Journal. His first book, The Women, was published in 1996. His most recent book, White Girls, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the Lambda Literary Award. His debut art show, One Man Show: Holly, Candy, Bobbie and the Rest, opened at the Artist’s Institute in 2016. He has curated and co-curated shows for the VeneKlasen/Werner gallery, the David Zwirner gallery, and others. Als is a staff writer and theater critic at The New Yorker and an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts.
The Pulitzer Prize–winner Hilton Als has been hailed as “exhilarating and audacious” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “spectacular” by Bookforum, and “thoroughly wise” by Library Journal. His first book, The Women, was published in 1996. His most recent book, White Girls, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the Lambda Literary Award. His debut art show, One Man Show: Holly, Candy, Bobbie and the Rest, opened at the Artist’s Institute in 2016. He has curated and co-curated shows for the VeneKlasen/Werner gallery, the David Zwirner gallery, and others. Als is a staff writer and theater critic at The New Yorker and an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer, writer, and critic whose books include Island People, Names of New York, and, with Rebecca Solnit, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas. His work appears regularly in New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among many other publications. He is director of literary programming at Pioneer Works, and teaches at NYU.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer, writer, and critic whose books include Island People, Names of New York, and, with Rebecca Solnit, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas. His work appears regularly in New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among many other publications. He is director of literary programming at Pioneer Works, and teaches at NYU.
MORE INFORMATION
The Thalia Book Club is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the MacMillan Family Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Pianos by Steinway & Sons – the Artistic Choice of Symphony Space.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Mollie Gordon Program Assistant
Madeleine Hearn Literary Intern
Gabriela Parra Lambis Literary Intern
*in memoriam
