Jill Bialosky is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry, including Asylum, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award; critically acclaimed novels, including, The Deceptions; and nonfiction, including The Prize; a New York Times best-selling memoir, History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life; and Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir. Her work has been a finalist for the James Laughlin Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the Books for a Better Life Award. In 2014, she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to poetry. She is an executive editor at W. W. Norton & Company and lives in New York City.
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Saturday, October 5, 12:00pm at City Center Room 2A: Confronting the Patriarchy: A Conversation with Novelists Jill Bialosky & Helen Schulman
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About The Deceptions
Gotham Book Award, An Oprah Daily Best Book, and A Good Morning America and Literary Hub most Anticipated book.
In this explosive tale of art and myth, desire and betrayal, the New York Times bestselling author Jill Bialosky introduces readers to an unnamed narrator's life as it is unraveling. Her only child has left home, and her twenty-year marriage is strained. Anticipation about her soon-to-be-released book of poetry looms. She seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As she passes her days teaching at a boys' prep school, spending her off-hours sequestered in the museum's austere galleries, she is haunted by memories of a yearlong friendship with a colleague, a fellow poet struggling with his craft. As secret betrayals and deceptions come to light and rage threatens to overwhelm her, the pantheon of gods assume remarkably vivid lives of their own, forcing her to choose between reality and myth in an effort to free herself from the patriarchal constraints of the past and embrace a new vision for her future.
The Deceptions is a page-turning and seductively told exploration of female sexuality and ambition as well as a human drama that dares to test the stories we tell ourselves. It is also a brilliant investigation of a life caught between the dueling magnetic poles of privacy and its appropriation in art and literature. Celebrated poet, memoirist, and novelist Jill Bialosky has reached new and daring heights in her boldest work yet.