AS THE WORLD TURNS

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PowerHouse Arena

37 Main St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Category: Art Galleries

Region: Brooklyn

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• Michiko Kakutani
• Karen Thompson Walker
• Hannah Tinti
• Brooklyn (New York City)

As you might have heard, a “leap second” was added to June 30 to make up for the Earth’s slowing rotation speed. Seems like a simple enough solution. But what would we do if Earth slowed even more? That’s the question first-time author Karen Thompson Walker explores in her fantastical novel The Age of Miracles. Told from the perspective of an 11-year-old girl in Southern California, the story imagines a world where Earth slows so much that days are endlessly dark, nights are sunny, and a new society is formed of people who no longer obey “clock time.” The book, which sold to Random House for a reported $1 million, has been picking up kind reviews, including one from New York Times’ critic Michiko Kakutani, who called it a “genuinely moving tale that mixes the real and the surreal, the ordinary and the extraordinary with impressive fluency and flair.” Tonight, catch the Brooklyn-based author at PowerHouse Arena for a reading and discussion with One Story editor Hannah Tinti.
Tue., July 31, 7 p.m., 2012