This event is a conversation between Ari Brostoff, author of Missing Time, and Emily Segal, author of Mercury Retrograde, about their respective books–two reflections on the cultural and political vertigo of the 2010s. Possible discussion topics: information theory, cultural experimentation, political commitment, historical memory, New York Jews. 

Ari Brostoff is the author of the essay collection Missing Time (2022) and an editor at Jewish Currents magazine. Emily Segal is a writer, artist and trend forecaster based in Los Angeles. She is the publisher of Deluge Books and the author of the novel Mercury Retrograde (2020). Previously, she co-founded the trend forecasting group K-HOLE.