John Irving
in conversation with Kevin Moriarty
Tuesday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.
Majestic Theater
1925 Elm Street
Suite 500
Dallas, Texas 75201
John Irving has created a body of fiction of extraordinary range, moving with ease from romance to fairytale to thriller. His first bestseller, The World According to Garp, introduced readers to his inventive style, memorable characters, and masterfully woven stories-within-stories. It won a National Book Award and was made into a film starring Robin Williams.
Since Garp’s release, all of Irving’s novels (including A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Son of the Circus, and A Widow for One Year) have been bestsellers and have sold tens of millions of copies. In 2000 he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the adaptation of his novel The Cider House Rules. Irving has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Irving will participate in a moderated onstage conversation with Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center, to share insights about his creative process, the body of his work, and his new novel, In One Person. An absorbing novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love and a passionate celebration of our sexual differences. Irving’s most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, In One Person is a tender portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself worthwhile.
“Irving’s writing has a sense of myth and time and weight and resonance. He’s probably the great storyteller of American literature today.” —author Peter Matthiessen
Ticket Prices
Full $37
Reduced $32
Student $15
Please note: Due to a recent surgery, John Irving will be unable to sign books at this event. Signed bookplates will be available for copies of In One Person that are purchased through the Museum Store. Pre-order your copy of In One Person today! Quantities are limited.
Pre-order books and purchase tickets online or call 214-922-1818.
Arts & Letters Live is presented by 
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Additional support provided by the Kay Cattarulla Endowment for the Literary and Performing Arts at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Hoglund Foundation, The Eugene McDermott Foundation, Annual Series Supporters, and Friends of the Dallas Public Library.
Air transportation provided in part by American Airlines. Hotel accommodations provided in part by The Adolphus. In-kind partners include ArtsDistrictDining.com and Einstein Printing. Promotional support is provided by
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