Jennifer Clement is author of the memoir Widow Basquiat, and the novels: A True Story Based on Lies, The Poison That Fascinates and Prayers for the Stolen, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Book and recipient of an NEA Fellowship for Literature and the Sara Curry Humanitarian Award. Prayers for the Stolen is the first selection of National Reading Group Month’s 2014 Great Group Reads. Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages.
From 2009 to 2013 Jennifer Clement was president of PEN Mexico and her work focused on the disappearance and killing of journalists.
Jennifer Clement’s Salon Reading will take place on Tuesday, February 17 from 7:30 until 8:30 pm, at 330 Sampsonia Way. Reception begins at 7:00 pm. Dessert and informal discussion will be held after the reading from 8:30 pm until 9:00 pm. The Salon Reading is free.
For more information, or to reserve your seat, visit the City of Asylum Salon Reading event page, email Karen Simpson, or call 412-323-0278.