Talk on Toyen at the High Street Gallery Today!

Yes, I've still got events happening for Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic! This evening at 7pm I'll be giving a talk about Toyen at the High Street Gallery in Dayton, Ohio, home of the Dayton Society of Artists.

Copies of both books will be available for sale at the talk.

Upcoming Events

Yesterday's launch party at the Ghostlight cafe was lovely and lots of fun--thank you to all who attended and also to the Ghostlight managers and baristas who helped!

My next book events are also in the Dayton area.

This Friday, June 10th, I'll be giving a talk on Toyen at the High Street Gallery (home of the Dayton Society of Artists) at 7pm. Copies of both Magnetic Woman and In Search of the Magic Theater will be available for sale.

On Saturday, June 18th, I'll be at the Beavercreek Barnes & Noble to sign books from 1:00 to 3:00 along with Erin Flanagan, Valerie Nieman, and Jess Montgomery.

Launching Magnetic Woman with ISSS on Wednesday!

While it's true that Magnetic Woman was officially published a year ago and has actually been available for most of 2021, the book hasn't had an official launch until now. (Normally, we would almost certainly have done a launch event at the 2020 ASEEES conference, but the conference ended up being virtual and there was no University of Pittsburgh Press book display for me to sign books at and offer passers-by champagne.) So instead, the International Society for the Study of Surrealism (ISSS) is hosting a Zoom launch this coming Wednesday, where I will read portions of the book and all the scholars of surrealism will (schedules permitting) be on hand to ask questions.

CORRECTED TIMES: It's at 7:30 p.m. GMT (8:30 BST) on Wednesday, October 27, which for North Americans translates to 3:30 EDT, 2:30 CDT, 1:30 MDT, and 12:30 PDT. Here's where to see more info and register to attend. It's free.

And, by the way, there's more good news to come...

Two Zoom Talks on Toyen in One Week!

Two organizations--the San Francisco Public Library and the Czech Center in New York--kindly invited me to do full-length Zoom talks for them on Toyen. By chance, they ended up being just three days apart, so it was important to make sure they were different from one another, especially as the talks are now available long-term on YouTube. Both talks were well attended live and there were many excellent audience questions at each one.

The talk hosted by the Czech Center took place August 5th, and focused on the major Toyen retrospective that is currently on view in Prague (closing August 22nd but sold out). The show will move on to Hamburg, Germany, and to Paris, so additional viewers will get to see it in those cities.

The talk hosted by the San Francisco Public Library took place August 8th, and addressed more of the topics covered in Magnetic Woman. I'm thrilled to report that the Library has purchased no fewer than ten copies of Magnetic Woman, which must surely rank them as the best place in the world to find a library copy!

The Czech Center video is about one hour long and the SFPL video is closer to an hour and a half.