Edmund White, Thu, Feb 10 at 6:30pm from BAMCafe, Brooklyn Academy of Music. Moderated by Michael Greenberg. An esteemed novelist and cultural critic, Edmund White is the author of many books, including the autobiographical novel A Boy’s Own Story, a biography of poet Arthur Rimbaud, a previous memoir, My Lives , and most recently, City Boy. White lives in New York City and teaches writing at Princeton University.