As part of our, “The West Where We Are” series, the library hosts an evening with writers Amanda Fortini and Walter Kirn.
Amanda Fortini is an essayist and literary critic. Her essays and reviews appear in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, and Elle, among others. She is a contributing editor at T Magazine and Elle and a visiting professor at the University of Montana.
Walter Kirn is a novelist, essayist and literary critic. He is the author of eight books, most notably Up in the Air. He has reviewed books for New York Magazine, and has written for The New York Times Book Review and New York Times Sunday Magazine, as well as being a contributing editor for Time.
Scott Burton, the library’s programs manager, will moderate the discussion.