Louis L. Lasser IV is a writer by morning, bartender by night, and recovering math teacher. He grew up in Mt. Sinai, Long Island. His father, Lee, taught him to love baseball. His mother, Marcia, taught him it’s OK to dance and wear sequins on stage, and that girls might even like him because of it. William Hoover taught him to be introspective and Marian gave him NYC.
He graduated Adelphi University with a degree in mathematics, but majored in trying to solve the abstract equations of life. His education comes from friends, lushes, preachers, professors, colleagues, students-and is further sparked by Manhattan skyscrapers and Long Island harbors. He’s influenced by E.E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, O. Henry, and David Foster Wallace. Born from a decade of poetry and art, Wednesday Night Meeting lives as his first novel.