"Readings by Benjamin Markovits and Matthew Pearl"
6 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
RSVP to accardo@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-4027 is required.
The Byron Society of America, in cooperation with the Ticknor Society of Boston, will be hosting readings by Benjamin Markovits RI '09 and Matthew Pearl.
Mr. Markovits will read from his new novel, A Quiet Adjustment (W. W. Norton, 2008). The novel is the second in a projected trilogy based on the life and times of Lord Byron. Mr. Pearl will read from his novel The Dante Club (Random House, 2003), based on an episode in the life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A conversation between the authors on their common experiences writing literary historical fiction will follow.
RSVP to Peter X. Accardo at accardo@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-4027.
