Stephanie LaCava presents "I Fear My Pain Interests You" with Lillian Fishman

Stephanie LaCava joins us to present her new novel, "I Fear My Pain Interests You," in conversation with Lillian Fishman. This virtual event took place on Zoom. To purchase a copy of the book (and support Community Bookstore): https://communitybookstore.net/item/q...

About the book:

"I Fear My Pain Interests You" is an absurdist novel about fame, culture and connections, bodies and breakdowns from the author of "The Superrationals."

Margot’s on her way to Montana, with blood on her face and a jeweled cigarette case full of pills. She’s fresh from a bad break-up and fleeing the cold comforts of her famous family – legendary punk parents and an overbearing show business scion of a grandmother.

But while the eyes of the world are elsewhere for the first time in Margot's life, a graveyard encounter with a disgraced doctor and the discovery of a dozen old film reels leads to a troubling new subjecthood, as her congenital inability to feel pain puts her center stage for one man’s desire and ambition.

A jarringly sensual book about the peculiarities of our bodies and the impossibilities of our families, and a young woman trying to find a way forward with both.

Stephanie LaCava is a writer based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, Artforum, Texte zur Kunst, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, Vogue, and Interview. Her debut novel, "The Superrationals," was published by Semiotext(e) in 2020.

Lillian Fishman was born in 1994 and lives in New York. She received her MFA from NYU, where she was a Jill Davis Fellow (2020). Her first novel, "Acts of Service," is out now from Hogarth.