Monster Throwdown: Vampires, Werewolves & Alcott

(Past) Thu, May 6 at 7 pm Leonard Nimoy Thalia $10; $8 Students, Seniors; $7 Members, $12 Day of Show

Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisa May Alcott biographer John Matteson (Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father) sits down with authors Lynn Messina (Little Vampire Women) and Porter Grand (Little Women and Werewolves) to discuss the process of reimagining a beloved American classic...with monsters.

The discussion will explore their mash-ups of Alcott's classic, Little Women. Both authors will address the challenges they faced reworking the text. Alcott's own work, published under various pseudonyms, included many sensational elements such as spies, murderers, drug addicts and mummies, and Matteson will explore, among other things, whether inserting vampires and werewolves into the beloved story would be truly anathema to the author.

A book-signing will follow.

Presented by Beatrice.com.