Joyce Carol Oates: The (Other) You
Ticket Information:
Please click here to purchase tickets through our partner booksellers Seminary Co-op.
Please note that all tickets must be purchased online.
CHF members at the Friends level ($125) and up will be emailed the link to watch on the event date, no need to register. Books are available for purchase at the link above.
About the Event:
In her latest short story collection The (Other) You Joyce Carol Oates ponders who her characters might have become if they’d chosen different paths. Through the imaginations of her contemplative protagonists, Oates—author of contemporary classic novels like We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde—deftly detangles the complex circumstances that dictate who we turn out to be. Join Oates and Rebecca Makkai, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Great Believers, for a discussion of destiny, alternative realities, and our other selves.
- Please note: this event will be livestreamed on March 25th at 7pm central time and registered guests will have a period of 7 days to enjoy the program.
- Registered guests will receive a link to watch the program from the Chicago Humanities Festival via email on the day of the event at the email address you used to make your purchase.
- All CHF's virtual events have closed captions.
This program is generously underwritten by Ellen Stone Belic.
About the Book:
- Books will be shipped to registered guests within 7-10 business days of the event. Please be patient as you may be affected by general shipping delays occurring nationwide.
- Book purchases include shipping to U.S. addresses only.
- If you have any questions about Seminary Co-op book fulfillment, please contact Seminary.
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- Further reading: Check out Joyce Carol Oates's recently released poetry collection American Melancholy.
[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a headshot of Joyce Carol Oates, a white woman with curly brown hair. In the photograph, Oates is looking directly into the camera, smiling slightly. Her right hand rests on a black table top in front of her and her left hand is propped against her chin. She wears a grey shirt with a necklace and matching earrings. The background of the photograph is also grey. Image credit: Dustin Cohen]