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Etgar Keret and Ben Ehrenreich: Is Reality Overrated?
RSVP here http//www.lfla.org/aloud/registration/Is Reality Overrated?Etgar Keret and Ben Ehrenreich A conversationTwo fiction writers discuss what's real what's not and whether or not it really matters.Etgar Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967 to an extremely diverse family his brother heads an Israeli group that lobbies for the legalization of marijuana and his sister is an orthodox Jew and the mother of ten children. Keret regards his family as a microcosm of Israel. His book The Nimrod Flip Out 2006 is a collection of 32 short stories that captures the craziness of life in Israel today. His other books include Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God 2004 Missing Kissinger 2007 and Gaza Blues 2004 Over 40 short movies have been based on his stories. Keret is the writer of several feature screenplays including Skin Deep 1996 which won First Prize at several international film festivals and was awarded the Israeli Oscar. Wrist Cutters featuring Tom Waits was released in August 2007. Jellyfish his first movie as a director along with his wife Shira Geffen won the coveted Camera d'Or prize for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival 2007. Keret is at present a lecturer in the film department at Tel Aviv University.http//www.etgarkeret.comBen Ehrenreich was born and raised in Long Island New York. He studied religion at Brown University and eventually emigrated to Los Angeles where he still lives writing fiction and journalism. His reporting has taken him from Afghanistan to South America and all over the United States most recently to Haiti. His articles and essays have been published in L.A. Weekly the Village Voice The Believer the Los Angeles Times the New York Times and many other publications. His fiction has appeared in Bomb McSweeney's Black Clock Swink and elsewhere. His work has been reprinted in anthologies including The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 Notes from Underground The Most Outrageous Stories from the Alternative Press and The World's Best Sex Writing 2005. His first novel The Suitors was published in 2006.RSVP here http//www.lfla.org/aloud/registration/
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