Books & Books presents

Author HILMA WOLITZER
in conversation with JUDY BLUME

Tuesday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m.

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Books and Books @ the Studios welcomes Hilma Wolitzer, award winning author of the new short story collection Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket. Wolitzer will appear via zoom with store founder Judy Blume.

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In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer’s stories zero in on the intimacies of the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now—reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.

About the author: 

Hilma Wolitzer is a recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and a Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. She has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, New York University, Columbia University, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her first published story appeared when she was thirty- six, and her first novel eight years later. Her many stories and novels have drawn critical praise for illuminating the dark interiors of the American home. She lives in New York City.