Dramatic Reading Series Will Tackle

Mother-Daughter Relationships

FAIRFIELD — Live! Lit, a series of dramatic readings of some of the world’s best short fiction, takes on mother/daughter relationships on Sunday, November 7, at 3 pm, at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Each of the Sunday performances includes fine literature read by seasonal professional actors preceded by an afternoon tea at 2 pm.

Live! Lit afternoons include three stories based on a common theme. The November 7 performance is titled “How I Learned to Cook” and features stories from the forthcoming anthology of the same name on mother/daughter relationships. E. Katherine Kerr of Wilton, who is director for the afternoon, will read Kate Braverman’s Lithium for Medea, and Bethel resident Marty Bongfeldt will offer Just Another Movie Stair by Jamie Callan of New Haven. Joyce Aaron of Redding will read Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick. Some of the featured writers will be available for book signing following the performance.

Live Lit will continue on Sunday, December 5, with “On Travel,” including stories by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Frederick Reiken and William Maxwell. On January 30, “Stories from India” will feature Santha Rama Rass, Rabindranath Tagore and Jhumpa Lahiri.

“Masters of the Genre,” which will take place on February 13, will include O. Henry, Anton Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield. The final program, “On Parenting,” on March 13, will feature Damon Runyon, Robyn Joy Leff and Gish Jen.

Tickets are $10 per program. For tickets, call the Quick Center box office at 203-254-4010.