Thursday Sep 19, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
POWERHOUSE Arena
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street across from the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY
11201
About the Book.
Europe, 2020. Some claim that the Berlin Wall, once a living entity, is coming back together, its scattered pieces seeking reunion on the far side of history. The European continent trembles on the edge of total war, either in reality or deep in its own feverish imagination. Part present-tense apocalyptic satire and part neo-medieval phantasmagoria, David Leo Rice’s new novel presents an alternate history of the present where the Internet has become a territory unto itself and unstable factions obsessed with nationalism, liberalism, and romanticism drive one another toward a clash that could turn the very notions of refuge and culture into the ravings of a lunatic.
About the Author.
David Leo Rice is the author of several books, including the novels Angel House, The New House, and the Dodge City Trilogy, as well as the story collection Drifter, named one of the “10 Must-Read Books of 2021” in the Southwest Review. His latest novel The Berlin Wall, was named the “#7 Best Indie Book of the 21st Century so far” in Genrepunk Magazine, and his next collection, The Squimbop Condition, will be out next year.
About the Moderator.
Lincoln Michel is the author of the story collection Upright Beasts (Coffee House Press) and the novel The Body Scout (Orbit), which was named one of the 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time by Esquire. His short fiction appears in The Paris Review, Granta, Lightspeed, McSweeney’s, NOON, Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere. His essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The Guardian, and elsewhere. He tweets at @thelincoln and runs the newsletter Counter Craft. His next novel, My Metallic Realms, will be published by Atria in 2025.