Years went by and she got into a groove of writing novels instead of short stories. “I think I tried to write a version of this story in about 2004 or 5,” Sittenfeld said, but nothing came of it. She started off by saying that it doesn’t ever say that it’s set in an MFA program, “but it’s definitely set in an MFA program.” She then read from her short story, “Show Don’t Tell,” which appeared in a 2017 issue of The New Yorker. Kangkang discussed Sittenfeld’s 2020 novel, Rodham, a reimagining of Hillary Clinton’s life had she remained as Hilary Rodham instead, and the ways in which it acts as a “thoughtful defiance to cynicism.” She went on to discuss the emotional authenticity of the text which rings true for the rest of Sittenfeld’s work.Īfter a round of applause, Sittenfeld took the stage. The audience buzzed with excitement, but before Sittenfeld stepped up to the podium to read, MFA director, Anthony Varallo, greeted the audience, presented an overview of Sittenfeld’s work, and introduced Dorothea Benton Frank Fellow, Kangkang Kovacs. On the evening of March 14th, Curtis Sittenfeld read to a full house at Randolph Hall, Alumni Hall.
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