Through rich images, Lynne Schwartz allows us to view her characters and their foibles, eccentricities and their desperation. She's kindred to the painter Goya, who allowed us to see life as it was--with a certain sly with and style. Chicago Tribune

Lynne Sharon Schwartz, respected contemporary novelist and short story writer, will give a public reading of her fiction, as part of the Robert J. Carr Visiting Author Series. Schwartz is the author of three novels, Rough Strife, Balancing Acts and Disturbances in the Fields, and two short story collections, Acquainted with the Night and The Melting Pot and Other Subversive Stories.

In conjunction with: Robert J. Carr Visiting Author Series, Department of English, Committee on Jewish Culture and Society, Office of Women's Resources and Services, Women's Studies Program, George A. Miller Committee