Ben Tanzer in Conversation With Kurt Baumeister: "After Hours: Scorsese, Grief, and the Grammar of Cinema"

Join us in-store to celebrate the launch of Ben Tanzer's newest book, After Hours: Scorsese, Grief, and the Grammar of Cinema, in conversation with Kurt Baumeister!

About the Book:
After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema is a live wire examination of author Ben Tanzer’s relationship to Martin Scorsese’s famous 1985 film, and how it helped him to make sense of the death of his father. Tanzer also delves into the overall importance of Scorsese and his films to his family, using After Hours as a lens into his life decisions—most particularly in the form of late-night visits to downtown New York City in the 1980s when he first came of age and began to ask himself how one manages to live a life of meaning, excitement, exploration, and joy. 

About Ben Tanzer:
Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's acclaimed work includes the short story collection UPSTATE, the science fiction novel Orphans and the essay collections Lost in Space and Be Cool. His recent novel The Missing was released in March 2024 by 7.13 Books and was a Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year finalist in the category of Traditional Fiction and his forthcoming book After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema, which Kirkus Reviews calls "A heartfelt if overstuffed tribute to the author’s father and the ameliorative power of art," will be released from Ig Publishing in May 2025. Ben lives in Chicago with his family.  

About Kurt Baumeister:
Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Twilight Of The Gods is his second novel.

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