TODAY - MFA Inspired Writers Series: Paul Elie

Students, faculty and staff are invited for an evening with Paul Elie, author of The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex and Controversy in the 1980s, joined in conversation by Fairfield professor and National Book Award-winning author Phil Klay.  The event is free and open to the public as part of the Fairfield University MFA program’s Inspired Writers Series.

Please join us TODAY, November 17^th in the Dogwood Room, Barone Campus Center at 7:30pm

Registration is encouraged at this link: https://events.fairfield.edu/event/paul-elies-the-last-supper-art-faith-sex-and-controversy-in-the-1980s

No one has been a more incisive chronicler of the intersection of American art, culture, and religion than Paul Eli. His new book, The Last Supper, chronicles the way the artists of the 1980s, from U2 to Toni Morrison to Martin Scorcese, carried on a charged but "cryptoreligous" conversation about faith at a time when religion often became a part of aggressive political fights. Though these artists were often unorthodox, or didn't profess a particular faith, they repeatedly engaged with religious imagery and themes, finding new forms of spiritual expression in the midst of a fractious decade. The book is a brilliant and provocative look at the beginnings of the post-secular age in which we now find ourselves.   Bring your curiosity about the world, your questions for Paul and Phil, and join us!