Book Talk Event with Author Nina Schuyler of “In This Ravishing World”
This free event is presented in partnership with Wayfinder Bookstore and Fairfax Recreation and will be held at the Women’s Club.
Need to know
- Ages: All ages welcome
- Location: Fairfax Women’s Club – 46 Park Road
- Dates: Thursday, March 27
- Times: 6pm – 8pm
- Facilitator: Partnership program between Wayfinder Bookstore and Fairfax Recreation, in conversation with Author, Nina Schuyler
- Cost: Free, limit of 60 people
- Contact Anne Mannes amannes@townoffairfax.org with any questions
- Purchase to buy the book you can go here or purchase at the event, thank you for supporting local bookstores
About the program
Nina Schuyler reads from her story collection, In This Ravishing World (Regal House Publishing).
“In this ravishing book, you will find stories that lift your heart and stories that break it. Powerfully beautiful and beautifully powerful, Schuyler has written exactly the book this moment needs.” —Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author
About this book
In this Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of a rat. In this Ravishing World is a full-throated chorus— with Nature joining in— marveling at the exquisite beauty of our world, and pleading, raging, and ultimately urging all of its inhabitants toward activism and resistance.
About Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler’ s novel, Afterword, was published in 2023. Her novel, The Translator, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Writing Prize. Her novel, The Painting, was shortlisted for the Northern California Book Award. Her nonfiction book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, is a bestseller. She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and the University of San Francisco. She lives in California.