WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

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A funny, suspenseful story with a shocking twist, The Very Nice Box is at once a send-up of male entitlement and a big-hearted account of grief, friendship, and trust. Gleichman and Blackett are joined in conversation by Joshua Henkin, whose most recent book, Morningside Heights, is out now.

Laura Blackett is a woodworker and writer based in Brooklyn.

Eve Gleichman’s short stories have appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Harvard Review, BOMB Daily, and elsewhere. Eve is a graduate of Brooklyn College’s Fiction MFA Program and lives in Brooklyn.

Joshua Henkin is the author of the novels Swimming Across the Hudson (a Los Angeles Times Notable Book), Matrimony (a New York Times Notable Book), and The World Without You (winner of the 2012 Edward Lewis Wallant Award for American Jewish Fiction and a finalist for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award). He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and directs the MFA program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College.