Fiction Reading at Williams by Lynne Tillman, Feb. 19

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Feb. 12, 2003–Lynne Tillman, associate professor of English/writer in residence at the University of Albany, is the author of four novels, two non-fiction books, two short story collections, and a compilation of essays. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m., she will read from a selection of her works in Griffin Hall, room 3, on the Williams campus.

Edmund White has called Tillman an “acupuncturist,” explaining that she “knows the precise points to sink her delicate probs.”

Her most recent book, “This is Not It: Stories by Lynne Tillman,” is a collection from the past 20 years. The New York Times Book Review said it was “…rich…fully realized…Tillman’s stories…bristle with word play…a way to think.”

Tillman’s novel, “No Lease on Life,” was a New York Times Notable Book in 1998 and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.

Her non-fiction works include “The Velvet Years: Warhol’s Factory 1965-1967” and “The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and of Books and Co.”

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Published February 12, 2003