Amy Bloom's latest novel, Away, an epic story about a Russian immigrant, was a New York Times best-seller. Her other books include the story collections Come To Me and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You and the nonfiction book, Normal. A finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, she received a National Magazine Award for fiction, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Granta, Best American Short Stories, and in many anthologies in the US and abroad.

Introduction: Anne Greene, director of writing programs and a 2006 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Presenter: Amy Bloom ’75, Wesleyan's 2009-2010 Jacob Julien Visiting Writer