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Event Name:

Joseph Salvatore reads from To Assume a Pleasing Shape

Address:

25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor
New York, NY

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Event Date/Time:

Starts:	Thu May 10 2012 at 6:00 PM
Ends:	Thu May 10 2012 at 7:30 PM

Hosting Organization:

Calandra Italian American Inst.

Contact Name:

Rosangela Briscese

Contact Phone Number:

212-642-2094

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Event Cost:

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Event Description:

In his debut story collection, Joseph Salvatore presents characters damaged and yet dignified, yearning for something that they seem unable to identify, much less to ask for. A body-pierced goth girl cage-dances for a living while putting herself through school. A New York City academic reevaluates her closest relationships while considering breast-reduction surgery. A chatty Gulf War veteran is plagued by a sexual-identity crisis. The characters in this collection search for meaning through the crucible of bodies-—both their own and others’. Salvatore's stylized writing coaxes readers into murky territories as his characters spiral deeper into existential rabbit holes.