A virtual discussion of Zeno’s Conscience

is the author of seven works of fiction including the novels A Dream Life (Tablo Tales), The Burning Girl (Norton), and The Emperor’s Children (Knopf); a collection of novellas, The Hunters (Harcourt); and the autobiography in essays Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write (Norton). Her essay “Two Women” appeared in A Public Space No. 29. She has received numerous honors, including the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches at Harvard University.