Author Visit: Daniel M. Lavery

Women's Hotel (2024)

Monday, February 10 • 1:00pm-2:15pm • Zoom •

Course 12980 • $30

Meet Daniel M. Lavery in conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss Lavery’s debut novel, Women’s Hotel (2024), a comic yet poignant series of vignettes about the denizens of a waning, second-rate women’s hotel in 1960s New York City. The Biedermeier is home to a charming cast that includes a cynical manager, a party girl, a freeloader, a failed hairdresser, a typesetter, a daytime elevator operator, and others. The period prose narrates every quirky backstory and misadventure as it brings these characters living in a transitory home to life. Delightfully offbeat, this slice-of-life comedy is infused with satirical commentary.

Time will be reserved for Q&A for those watching the live Zoom. If you are unable to attend, register for this event to receive the recording for later viewing.

DANIEL M. LAVERY co-founded and co-edited the editorial site The Toast from 2013 to 2016, served as Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice columnist from 2016 to 2021, and currently publishes a biweekly literary newsletter “The Chatner” at Substack. His first book, Texts from Jane Eyre (2014) was a New York Times bestseller. He has also written The Merry Spinster (2018), Something that May Shock and Discredit You (2020), and Dear Prudence (2023). Women’s Hotel is his first novel.

ANNA KATSAVOS, PhD, is an experienced book group facilitator. A SUNY Professor Emerita of English Literature and Women’s Studies, she has received numerous awards for teaching, and her scholarship has been published in a variety of literary journals. She has interviewed many best-selling authors and has presented interactive programs focusing on a wide range of women’s issues. Additionally, she conducts writing, editing and publishing workshops.

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