The Urbane Arts Club
Wed, Apr 16
|Brooklyn
Questions Without Answers
Acclaimed novelist Sarah Manguso and New Yorker Illustrator Liana Finck come together to talk about their latest tome, Questions Without Answers. Hosted by Meghan Cleary and Wednesday Martin.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Brooklyn, 1016 Beverley Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218, USA
About the event
Celebrate the launch of Questions Without Answers with drinks and mingling at The Urbane Arts Club! Join us for a lively conversation on how the book came about, how the collaboration began, and a Q & A afterward. Bring your favorite Sarah and Liana books as they will be happy to sign.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Why does a ghost wander? Are bubbles in drinks their thoughts? Do dogs have chins? Where does the dark go when the light comes on? How will it feel on the last day I’m a child?
What’s the best question a kid ever asked you? When Sarah Manguso opened a Twitter account and posted this single (and only) tweet, she immediately received hundreds of answers. Many, she discovered, were intelligent, intuitive, inventive, and philosophical. For Manguso, these responses seemed to form a “choral philosophy” that she believes disappears from most people’s lives in kindergarten. As she…