# Event Details - **Event Name**: Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Carmichael's is excited to host Ilana Masad for her new novel, Beings. She will be joined in conversation by Scott Guild.About this EventAbout the Book:In 1961, an interracial couple drove through the dark mountains of New Hampshire when a mysterious light began to follow them. Years later, through hypnosis, they recalled an unbelievable brush with extraterrestrial life. Unintentionally, a genre was born: the alien abduction narrative.In Ilana Masad's Beings, the couple's experience serves as one part of a trio of intertwined threads: Known only by their roles as husband and wife, Masad explores the pair's trauma and its aftermath and questions what it means to accept the impossible. In the second thread, letters penned by a budding science-fiction writer, Phyllis, to her beloved, Rosa, expose the raw ache of queer yearning, loneliness, and alienation in the repressive 1960s-as well as the joy of finding community. In the present day, a reclusive and chronically ill Archivist attempts to understand a strange forgotten childhood encounter while descending into obsession over both Phyllis's letters and the testimony of the first alien abductees.Over the course of a decade, Phyllis wrestles with her desires and ambitions as a lesbian writer, while the abducted couple grapple with how to maintain control of their narrative. All the while, the archive shatters and reforms, redefining fact and fiction via the stories left behind by the abductees, Phyllis, and the Archivist themself. Masad makes human what is alien and makes tangible what is hidden – sometimes by chance and sometimes intentionally – in the archive.About the Authors:Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has been widely published. Masad is the author of the novel All My Mother's Lovers and is co-editing the forthcoming anthology Here For All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor.Scott Guild holds an MFA and a PhD in Fiction and works as an Assistant Professor at Marian University. His work has appeared in Time, NPR, Literary Hub, and many other venues. An advocate for Pr*son reform, he served for years as Assistant Director of Pen City Writers, and has taught at Indiana Women's Pr*son. He also was the lead guitarist and songwriter for the band New Collisions, which toured with the B-52s and opened for Blondie. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/louisville/ilana-masad-discusses-beings-with-scott-guild/100001873151740279 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, entertainment, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 33.32, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Louisville - **state**: KY - **country**: United States - **location**: Carmichael's Bookstore - **lat**: 38.2544402 - **long**: -85.6931199 - **full address**: Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8ee33b6ac571e829b082babb5bef17114aab2848ef95905f21ee53a7edd14c79-rimg-w1200-h600-dcce6a1f-gmir.jpg?v=1761544874 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild being held? - **A:** Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild takes place on Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild? - **A:** Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild is organized by Susan Norton. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Ilana Masad discusses Beings with Scott Guild is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Louisville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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