Aimee Bender | William Maxwell
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Online
Aimee Bender | William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow
When I was in graduate school, a trusted friend told me about this novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow, and how it was one of his favorites. He hooked me in when he mentioned a surprise move in the storytelling, something I won’t reveal now, because it would be a kind of lowkey spoiler, but it let me know the book was different than how it appeared; I didn’t imagine this plainspoken-looking novel would take such a risk. His comment got me in the door of the book, which is then full of further surprises; it’s a novel with a dramatic story to tell, and that intrigued me too, but it has a quiet core, a thrumming beautiful dignified quiet core about loss, and that is the magnetic pull that brings me to it again and again. I really look forward to reading and discussing it with you.
You can purchase your copy through our bookstore partners, Seminary Co-Op in Chicago and Loyalty Bookstore in Washington, DC.
Reading Schedule:
Day 1 (October 15) | Chapters 1 and 2
Day 2 (October 16) | Chapter 3
Day 3 (October 17) | Chapter 4
Day 4 (October 18) | Chapter 5
Day 5 (October 19) | Chapter 6
Day 6 (October 20) | Chapter 7
Day 7 (October 21) | Chapter 8
Day 8 (October 22) | Chapter 9
Aimee Bender
is the author of six books: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (1998) which was a NY Times Notable Book, An Invisible Sign of My Own (2000) which was an L.A. Times pick of the year, Willful Creatures (2005) which was nominated by The Believer as one of the best books of the year, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (2010) which won the SCIBA award for best fiction, and an Alex Award, The Color Master, a NY Times Notable book for 2013, and her latest novel, The Butterfly Lampshade, which came out in July 2020, and was longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages.