Tickets Available for Theater Two Simulcast

Theater One event SOLD OUT

Please join us for the simulcast of this conversation in Theater Two. Ticket buyers are invited to watch Anna Quindlen’s discussion with Janet Maslin screened live in a separate theater. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Anna Quindlen’s new book Write For Your Life, courtesy of The Village Bookstore. Anna Quindlen will be personalizing copies after the event.

What really matters in life? What truly lasts in our hearts and minds? Where can we find community, history, humanity? In this lyrical new book, the answer is clear: through writing. This is a book for what Quindlen calls “civilians,” those who want to use the written word to become more human, more themselves. Using examples from past, present, and future—from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison, from love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today—Write for Your Life vividly illuminates the ways in which writing connects us to ourselves and to those we cherish. Drawing on her personal experiences not just as a writer but as a mother and daughter, Quindlen makes the case that recording our daily lives in writing is essential.