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# Emily Adrian: "Seduction Theory" Book Reading
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Book Reading with acclaimed author Emily Adrian at OCAD University!
115 McCaul 115 McCaul Street 3rd Floor
November 27, 2025 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Department Faculty of Arts & Science
Faculty Faculty of Arts & Science
Cost Free
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November 27, 2025 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Department Faculty of Arts & Science
Faculty Faculty of Arts & Science
Cost Free
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**Book Reading: Emily Adrian (Seduction Theory)**
Join us!
The Liberal Studies Program at the Faculty of Arts and Science presents a book reading and Q&A session with acclaimed author, [**Emily Adrian**](https://www.emilyadrianbooks.com/)! Adrian will read from her new book ***Seduction Theory: A Novel*** and join in conversation with the audience.
**“This tour de force is a campus novel, a love story, a coming-of-age narrative, a satire, a performance piece, an M.F.A. exposé, a trove of literary references and a primer on writing.”** –[*The New York Times Book Review*](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/books/review/emily-adrian-seduction-theory.html)
- Thursday, November 27: 12:00-1:30pm
- 115 McCaul Street, 3rd Floor
**Seduction Theory: A Novel:**
Simone is the star of Edwards University’s creative writing department: renowned Woolf scholar, grief memoirist, and campus sex icon. Her less glamorous and ostensibly devoted husband, Ethan, is a forgotten novelist and lecturer in the same department. According to Simone and Ethan, and everyone on campus, their marriage is perfect. That is, until Ethan sleeps with the department administrative assistant, Abigail, and the couple’s faith in their flawless relationship is rattled.
Simone, meanwhile, has secrets of her own. While Ethan’s away for the summer, she grows inordinately close with her advisee, graduate student Roberta “Robbie” Green. In Robbie, Simone finds a new running partner, confidante, and disciple—or so she believes. Behind Simone’s back, Robbie fictionalizes her mentor’s marriage in a breathtakingly invasive MFA thesis. Determined to tell her version of the story, Robbie paints a revealing portrait of Simone, Ethan, Abigail, and even herself, scratching at the very surface of what may—or may not—be the truth.
Simultaneously provocative and tender, *Seduction Theory* exposes the intoxicating nature of power and attraction, and is a masterful demonstration of how love and betrayal can coexist.
**Emily Adrian** is the author of *Seduction Theory, Daughterhood, The Second Season*, and *Everything Here Is Under Control*, as well as two critically acclaimed novels for young adults. Her work has appeared in *Granta, The Point, Joyland, EPOCH,* and *Alta.* Originally from Portland, Oregon, Emily currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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