Three novelists whose writing vividly brings the past to life will read from their work. Crystal King takes readers all the way back to ancient Rome in Feast of Sorrow, her debut novel that whisks together an irresistible blend of power, intrigue, and sensuous descriptions of opulent food. Julie Lekstrom Himes offers a glimpse of more recent history in Mikhail and Margarita, shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Against the backdrop of 1930s USSR and its hostility to art and artists, Himes traces the real-life genesis of satirical novelist Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous work. Finally, Ellen Herrick sets Forbidden Garden, a sequel to The Sparrow Sisters, in the present day, but her protagonist soon recognizes echoes of the past in her own life and work when she is assigned to restore a walled Shakespeare garden. This session of fiction readings will be hosted by Robin Kall, curator of the Point Street Reading Series and host of the radio program Reading with Robin.
