David Shields Reading

Please join us in welcoming David Shields, who will be reading from his latest book, Other People: Takes and Mistakes, followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing. David Shields is the internationally bestselling author of twenty books, including Reality Hunger (named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead (New York Times bestseller), Black Planet (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Other People: Takes and Mistakes (Knopf, 2017). James Franco’s film of I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel was also released in 2017. The recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, Shields has published essays and stories in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Esquire, Yale Review, Salon, Slate, McSweeney’s, and Believer. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

When 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Location BU Barnes & Noble, 660 Beacon St (2nd floor)
Contact Name Catherine Con
Phone (617) 353-2510
Contact Email crwr@bu.edu
Contact Organization Creative Writing
Fees Free
Speakers David Shields