CLIFFORD CHASE
Friday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Making a stir since its publication this summer, Clifford Chase has written a most original novel centering around an aged, familiar figure. Winkie (Grove) is the story of the teddy bear—and then some. "Wildly, brilliantly comic...The emotional and moral torments of a teddy bear drive this surprisingly effective allegory of our terror-stricken times...Chase makes this out-of-left-field story work brilliantly...[Winkie] is an argument for openness and inner strength on every imaginable front...Not to be missed." - Kirkus Reviews. "Somewhere between Kafka's The Trial and The Velveteen Rabbit falls Winkie, an utterly original ode to innocence for a world that looks for scapegoats because it's easier than finding answers." - Jean Nathan. Clifford Chase's previous books include a memoir, The Hurry-Up Song, and an edited anthology, Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade.

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