Alphabetical Diaries: Sheila Heti in conversation with Michelle Tea

“An original form of self-exposure emerges as we see some of the author’s [Sheila Heti’s] verbal habits laid bare.”
―Kirkus Reviews
The award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour Sheila Heti returns to ALOUD with her new thrilling confessional Alphabetical Diaries. Over a 10-year period, Heti kept a record of her thoughts, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Known for her experimental literary works -passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing-Heti masterfully structures her diary entries into a pastiche of unconventional structure that keeps the reader entirely engaged.
Co-presented with Skylight Books
Sheila Heti is the author of 11 books, including the novels Pure Colour , Motherhood , and How Should a Person Be?, which New York Magazine deemed one of the "New Classics" of the 21st century. She was named one of the "New Vanguard" by The New York Times book critics, who, along with a dozen other magazines and newspapers, chose Motherhood as a top book of 2018. Her books have been translated into 24 languages. She lives in Toronto.
Michelle Tea is the author, most recently, of Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My Infertility. She is a creator of Drag Queen Story Hour, a recipient of awards from PEN/America and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the publisher of DOPAMINE Books.