Anthony D'Aries will talk about his new memoir of growing up in a blue collar town, The Language of Men, with the students participating in the New York State Summer Young Writers Institute on Tuesday, July 3rd, 3:30-5pm in Bolton 280, Palamountain Hall, Skidmore College in Saratoga.Recent Institute guest Tom Perrotta said of the new book, "The Language of Men isn't just a beautifully written memoir about a Vietnam vet father and the complicated legacy he leaves to his son; it's also a disturbing, brutally honest, darkly funny meditation on masculinity, violence, and sexuality. Anthony D'Aries is a writer to watch."
Institute guest Andre Dubus III said, "Hold the phone, kick down the door, and yell from the rooftops of all those American blue-collar towns that give birth to so many of our artists: a new one is among us, and his name is Anthony D'Aries. This man writes like Charlie Parker played the alto sax, with grit and verve and a willing free-fall into hard-won, illuminated truths. The Language of Men is a profoundly important book by a major new talent!"
