Summary: Shalom Auslander reads from his memoir, Foreskin's Lament, followed by a Q and A session with moderator, Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation, and the audience. Auslander discusses the abuse of religious authority he experienced as a child and how that informs his current professional and personal life and why he chose memior and not fiction to tell his story. Recorded in the BAM Lepercq Space as part of the Eat, Drink and Be Literary reading series. Presented in partnership with BAM. www.nationalbook.org
