Reading & Conversation with Author Erin O’Connor

UrbanGlass invites you to an evening with Erin E. O’Connor, celebrated ethnographer of craft and author of the book Fire Craft: Art, Body, and World Among Glassblowers (Columbia University Press, August 2025).

In Fire Craft, O’Connor offers a powerful blend of personal narrative and sociological insight as she explores the world of glassblowing from within. Through stories of learning, failure, and transformation, she illuminates the embodied knowledge, collaboration, and meaning-making that define this ancient yet vital craft.

The evening will feature a reading from the book followed by a roundtable-style Q&A — an open invitation to engage in dialogue about the physical, social, and intellectual dimensions of working with glass.