Women Writing About Sex and Desire
Presented by the Women’s National Book Association and NYU’s Creative Writing Program
Join us March 25, 2016 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The panel will explore the difficulties and delights of women writing about sex and desire across generations, cultures, and genres.
Location: Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St. New York, NY.
Jill Bialosky, poet, novelist and editor at W.W. Norton and Company. She is the author of three novels, House Under Snow, The Life Room, and most recently The Prize. Her poems and essays have been published in many magazines including The New Yorker, Harpers, O, the Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, and more.
Melissa Febos, essayist and author of Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life, her description of 
working as a professional dominatrix. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Monmouth University and serves on the board of directors of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
Jennifer Gilmore is the author of the novelThe Mothers,which is currently being adapted for film,Something Red,andGolden Country, aNew York Times NotableBook, a finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award. Her forthcoming YA novel is We Were Never Here.
Elissa Schappell, author of two novels-in-stories, most recently Blueprints for Building Better Girls 
which was chosen as one of the “Best Books of Year” by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal and O Magazine. She is also a contributing editor and book columnist at Vanity Fair.
Moderator: Harriet Shenkman is a poet, a Professor Emerita at City University of New York, and a WNBA-NYC advisory board member. She has won several poetry awards, and her novel, The Camel Tamer, is in final revision.
