K.E. Semmel and The Book of Losman - Author Reading and Q&A

Join K.E. Semmel (author of the novel The Book of Losman) for a reading and Q & A. After the discussion Semmel will have books for sale and signing.

The Book of Losman is a speculative novel about a literary translator in Copenhagen, Denmark with Tourette's Syndrome. When Losman learns of an experimental drug that may help him get to the root of his condition via his childhood memories, he becomes involved in an experimental drug study that allows him to re-experience long-forgotten memories. With intelligence and humor reminiscent of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, The Book of Losman explores the depths one man will go to make himself whole. Semmel shared his own experiences with Tourette's Syndrome in this April '24 essay in Huffpost. May is Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month.

About the Author:
K.E. Semmel is a writer and translator. He has translated more than a dozen novels from Danish/Norwegian, including, among others, Naja Maria Aidt's Rock, Paper, Scissors, Jussi Adler Olsen's The Absent One, Karin Fossum's The Caller, and Simon Fruelund's Milk & Other Stories. His nonfiction has appeared in Lithub, Electric Literature, HuffPost, The Rumpus, The Millions, and elsewhere. His debut novel, The Book of Losman, was published in October (SFWP) and was named as one of 10 noteworthy debut books in October by Debutiful. He is the Communications Manager of the Western New. York Land Conservancy and a former Literary Translation Fellow from the National Endowment for the Arts. Find him at kesemmel.com.