Life’s Short, Talk Fast

Schedule

Wed Nov 20 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06106 | Hartford, CT

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Join us on Wednesday, November 20, 7 pm for a special reading and conversation celebrating the publication of "Life's Short, Talk Fast," an anthology that explores 15 writers' perspectives on the hit show and cultural phenomenon that is "The Gilmore Girls."
$25 admission includes purchase of the book (our partner River Bend Bookshop will be onsite with books - https://www.riverbendbookshop.com/)
Glögg and warm apple cider will be available for sale at concessions (while supplies last).
About the book:
Fifteen leading writers explore what Gilmore Girls means to them in this delightful celebration of a contemporary TV classic.
Fast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly re-watchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become one of the most-streamed TV shows, ever.
In an anthology as intimate and quick-witted as Gilmore Girls itself, best-selling author Ann Hood invites fifteen writers to investigate their personal relationships to the show. (“It’s a show? It’s a lifestyle. It’s a religion.”) Joanna Rakoff considers how Emily Gilmore helped her understand her own mother; Sanjena Sathian sees herself—and Asian American defiance—in Lane Kim; Freya North connects with her son through the show; Francesco Sedita discovers an antidote to pandemic loneliness; Nina de Gramont offers a comic ode to the unreality of Stars Hollow. For anyone who identifies as Team Logan, Team Jess, or even Team Dean, Life’s Short, Talk Fast reveals what Gilmore Girls tells us about ourselves—and why it matters.
About the editor, Ann Hood: www.annhood.us
About contributing writer Rand Richards Cooper:
Rand Richards Cooper is the author of two works of fiction, The Last to Go and Big As Life. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, Esquire, The Atlantic, and in Best American Short Stories. He has been Writer-in-Residence at Amherst and Emerson colleges. A longtime contributor to Bon Appétit and the New York Times, Rand lives in Hartford, CT with his family. He is the restaurant critic for the Hartford Courant and has been a critic and essayist for Commonweal for over two decades. The Last to Go was produced for television by ABC.
About contributing writer Tracey Minkin: https://muckrack.com/tracey-minkin
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