David Szalay and Sam Lipsyte: Flesh

The 2025 Booker Prize-winning novelist David Szalay and novelist Sam Lipsyte join us for a reading and conversation in celebration of Flesh — his “singular, exciting, propulsive” (Sarah Jessica Parker) new novel. At first glance, Flesh seems disarmingly simple: a series of moments and conversations in the life of a man whose life is shrouded in apathy and disconnect. But these moments accumulate into something quietly profound — an intimate, unsettling portrait of masculinity, power, desire, and what it means to be alive in the modern world. How do we inhabit our bodies? What do we owe one another? And what does intimacy really cost? In a special reading a conversation, join Szalay, “the shrewdest writer on contemporary masculinity we have” (Esquire), and Lipsyte to find out how Flesh became one of the most talked-about novels of the year — a book that traces the imperceptible but indelible contours of unresolved trauma and its aftermath with incisive insight, unyielding pathos, and startling humanity. Recorded April 22, 2026 at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Your support helps us continue creating online content for our community. Donate now: http://www.92NY.org/Donate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/92ndStreetY Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/92ndStreetY TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@92ndstreety Archives: https://www.92ny.org/archives