Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation
Moderated by Deborah Treisman
Accessibility Notes: Event includes human-generated closed captioning.

For the 17th season of Eat, Drink & be Literary, BAM and the National Book Foundation adapted the unique series for readers, writers, and diners for the digital space, giving book-lovers everywhere a chance to engage with world-renowned authors while raising a glass in the comfort of home. On March 16, 2021, Sigrid Nunez was joined by Deborah Treisman for an evening of intimate discourse and reflection.

Nunez has published eight novels, including A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, Salvation City, and The Friend, which was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. Her most recent novel, What Are You Going Through, was published by Riverhead Books in 2020. Her other honors include four Pushcart Prizes, a Whiting Award, a Berlin Prize Fellowship, and the Rome Prize in Literature. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories 2019 and four anthologies of Asian American literature. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Nunez lives in New York City.

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