Big Read: Advice from the Lights

Advice from the Lights
is a brilliant and candid exploration of gender and identity and a series of looks at a formative past. It’s part nostalgia, part confusion and part an ongoing wondering: How do any of us achieve adulthood? And why would we want to, if we had the choice? This collection is woven from and interrupted by extraordinary sequences, including Stephanie’s poems about Stephen’s female self, politics, location and parenthood. Taken all together, this is Stephen Burt’s most personal and most accomplished collection, an essential work that asks who we are, how we become ourselves, and why we make art.
The National Endowment for the Arts
Big Read
, a partnership with Arts Midwest, broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Big Read is presented in Los Angeles by the Department of Cultural Affairs.