Emily Witt to discuss her book "Future Sex" on Thursday, February 8, 2018, during UAlbany's Sexuality Month

ALBANY, NY (01/30/2018) (readMedia)-- Emily Witt is the author of Future Sex (2016), a brave, first-hand investigation of the many varieties of sex and dating in 21st century America. In candid fashion, the 30-something author shares her search for love in a confusing world of dating apps, transient hook-ups, and novel sexual cultures.

Witt will discuss sex and dating in 21st century America at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in UAlbany's Campus Center Room 375 on the Uptown Campus. The free program is sponsored by the NYS Writers Institute in association with UAlbany's Sexuality Month, a program of the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program of Counseling and Psychological Services.

In Future Sex, Witt explores Internet dating, Internet pornography, polyamory, and avant-garde sexual subcultures as sites of possibility. She observes these scenes from within, capturing them in all their strangeness, ridiculousness, and beauty. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of connection and pleasure.

Witt begins her book, "I was single, straight, and female. When I turned thirty, in 2011, I still envisioned my sexual experience eventually reaching a terminus, like a monorail gliding to a stop at Epcot Center. I would disembark, find myself face-to-face with another human being, and there we would remain in our permanent station in life: the future. I had not chosen to be single but love is rare and it is frequently unreciprocated. Without love I saw no reason to form a permanent attachment to any particular place..."

The New York Times reviewer called the book, "smart, funny, beautifully written...." The Boston Globe reviewer said, "These gorgeously written essays, linked by tone, style, and a singular ambitious purpose, are brimming with intellect and infused with a caustic, compelling humor."

Emily Witt is a writer in New York City. She has written for n+1, The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, the London Review of Books, and many other places. Her newest book is Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire (2017).

The event is sponsored by the NYS Writers Institute in association with UAlbany's Sexuality Month, a program of the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program of Counseling and Psychological Services.

The full schedule of UAlbany Sexuality Month events can be viewed in the2018 Sexuality Month Brochure: https://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/docs/Sexuality%20Week/sexuality-month-booklet-color.pdf

For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at www.nyswritersinstitute.org.

EVENT DETAILS:

Author Emily Witt, author of Future Sex (2016) will discuss her book at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February, 8, 2018, in Campus Center Room 375, on the University at Albany Uptown Campus. Free and open to the public, the program is sponsored by the NYS Writers Institute in association with UAlbany's Sexuality Month, a program of the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program of Counseling and Psychological Services.

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