December 3, 2004

Audrey Niffenegger to visit Ann Arbor

Carmen is finished. My paper on the opera, at least. I was writing to the last second as usual. Made it to Lane Hall at 4:43 p.m., two minutes before the office closed.

Now, I've got to get started on my 20-page story. I've got a page or so already, but my scattered ideas are still playing catch among themselves.

Some exciting news: Audrey Niffenegger, author of is coming to the English department on Wednesday for a conversation with students! I'm going to be super busy the whole of next week, but I'm certainly not going to miss this. Events like these make me so very happy I'm working for a university in the U.S.

Here's some information about Audrey:

Audrey Niffenegger's novel "The Time Traveler's Wife" garnered universal
acclaim when it appeared in 2003, with the Washington Post describing it as
"A love story without softness or flinching," the Chicago Tribune calling
it a "soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" and People
saying it was "A powerfully orignial love story." It was named as #2 in
Amazon's 50 Best Books of the Year, and generated an extra level of hype
when the movie rights were acquired by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston with
the stars talking of it being their first movie together.

Audrey Niffenegger is a writer and visual artist who lives in Chicago. She
is a full-time professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at
the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, where she teaches
writing, letterpress printing, and fine edition book production. She makes
visual novels, paintings, prints and photographs, which are shown at the
Printworks Gallery in Chicago, and is working on her second novel.

Posted by Monoceros at December 3, 2004 6:05 PM
Comments

wow... she has an enviable career! tell us about the meeting!!

Posted by: tiggie at December 3, 2004 7:47 PM

Yeah, I wish I could do half the things she does! Will tell you what it's like meeting her. You should read her novel, Tiggie. I think you'll like it. Got DSD to read it last month. =)

Posted by: monoceros at December 4, 2004 11:14 AM

yup i will try to find a copy soon! :C)

Posted by: tiggie at December 4, 2004 9:56 PM

Hi!

Wow, this is so cool that you are going to meet her. I have read her book (it is quite big in Germany as well) and I am looking forward to reading the next one.
Do you know the name of the painting she refers to in the book, with the Medici princess on it?
Maybe you can ask her for the name of the painting when you meet her tomorrow?
That would be so great (my email address is wescar007@yahoo.de)!

Yours Caroline :)

Posted by: Caroline at December 7, 2004 3:32 PM

Hi Caroline! It's been a while since I finished the book. I have a suspicion that painting is by Bronzino. If it is the right one, the girl is Bia, the illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici. Could you give me the page where the reference is made? I'd like to check her exact reference before confirming. I can also ask her, but I'd like to find out on my own if I could. =)

Posted by: monoceros at December 7, 2004 5:35 PM