Rivka Galchen
Lineup for May 14, 2008
Who is Rivka Galchen, M.D.? The author of Atmospheric Disturbances, which according to Leon Neyfakh is, "a winding, psychological quest story involving weather control, quantum theory, and an intricately calibrated, radically counterintuitive conception of space and time..." She also may be the new Thomas Pynchon. PLUS: The return of Mark Leyner.
Choire Sicha bravely asks, "Why can’t men write anymore?" According to Mr. Sicha, "A little penis, it turns out, can be a dangerous thing. But it’s not crazy at all to feel bad for the young male writers of our time, despite all they have done to us with their books. There are these legends that loom; all women, all terrifying." read more »
Rivka Galchen, M.D. from Oklahoma Is the Latest Successor to Pynchon
in Morningside Heights.
Rivka Galchen spoke in favor of science last Tuesday night at the Russian Samovar before an audience of English majors, most of whom probably couldn’t remember how to light a bunsen burner. Ms. Galchen, 32, was participating in a reading series curated by editors from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, the prestigious publishing house that will issue her thrilling and affecting debut novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, on May 27. read more »
