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This calendar includes information about exhibitions of work by Saul Steinberg (Steinberg drawing, above) and by William Steig. Also listed are the dates for appearances by Joyce Carol Oates and Junot Díaz, as well as information about the upcoming exhibit “The Writer’s Brush.”
Saul Steinberg (1914-99) is famous for having given graphic definition to the postwar age, through hundreds of incisive illustrations for The New Yorker and a dozen books of drawings. His work is intensely personal, humorous, and observant of twentieth-century life. This exhibit gathers over a hundred of his drawings, collages, and sculptures.
Cincinnati, Ohio: “Saul Steinberg: Illuminations,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through September 23.
The author reads from her latest book of stories, “The Museum of Dr. Moses” (Harcourt).
New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, September 5, 7 P.M.
The author reads from his first novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” (Penguin).
New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, September 6, 7 P.M.
Washington, D.C.: Borders Books, Baileys Crossroads, September 7, 7:30 P.M.
South Hadley, Mass.: Odyssey Books, September 8, 7:30 P.M.
East Brunswick, N.J.: Barnes & Noble, September 9, 2 P.M.
Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Public Library, September 10, 6 P.M.
Philadelphia, Pa.: Free Library of Philadelphia, September 11, 7 P.M.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Bookstore at Brattle Theatre, September 12, 6 P.M.
Miami, Fla.: Books & Books, September 13, 8 P.M.
Dayton, Ohio: Books & Co., September 14, 7 P.M.
Madison, Wis.: Barnes & Noble, September 15, 2 P.M.
Iowa City, Iowa: Prairie Lights, September 16, 6:30 P.M.
Edina, Minn.: Barnes & Noble, September 17, 7:30 P.M.
St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Public Library Schlafly Branch, September 18, 7 P.M.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Dutton’s Brentwood, September 19, 7 P.M.
Boulder, Colo.: Boulder Book Store, September 20, 7:30 P.M.
Dallas, Tex.: Borders Preston Road, September 21, 7 P.M.
Tulsa, Okla.: Barnes & Noble, September 22, 2 P.M.
Austin, Tex.: Book People, September 23, 3 P.M.
Seattle, Wash.: Elliott Bay Book Co., September 24, 7:30 P.M.
Portland, Ore.: Powell’s Books, Burnside, September 25, 7:30 P.M.
Oakland, Calif.: Diesel Bookstore, September 26, 7 P.M.
Corte Madera, Calif.: Book Passage, September 27, 7 P.M.
Ann Arbor, Mich.: Borders Downtown, September 28, 7 P.M.
New York, N.Y.: Instituto Cervantes, October 2, 6 P.M.
“The Writer’s Brush” is an exhibition based on Donald Friedman’s book “The Writer’s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers” (Mid-List), which comes out in September. The exhibit, curated by Friedman, includes more than a hundred and twenty unique works by eighty of the world’s most celebrated writers who were also artists, including New Yorker writers and contributors such as James Thurber, Vladimir Nabokov, Jonathan Lethem, Annie Proulx, Charles Simic, Mark Strand, and Derek Walcott.
New York, N.Y.: “The Writer’s Brush,” Anita Shapolsky Gallery, September 11-October 27.
William Steig (1907-2003) has been hailed as the “King of Cartoons” for his long and acclaimed career as both a cartoonist and an award-winning author of children’s books, including “Shrek!” (1990). Steig grew up in the Bronx and began illustrating for The New Yorker in 1930. In his prolific association with the magazine, he produced over sixteen hundred drawings and approximately a hundred and twenty covers. In honor of the centennial of Steig’s birth, the Jewish Museum presents an exhibition that will pay tribute to his creativity by featuring a wide selection of his original drawings for his New Yorker cartoons and for his children’s books. This in-depth presentation will also shed light on his life as it related to his work, and will be complemented by a series of programs for both adults and children.
New York, N.Y.: “William Steig,” Jewish Museum, November 3, 2007-March 16, 2008.
