Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s ‘Parallel Stories’ to discuss couples

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Ed & Nancy Kienholz.” “Parallel Stories” examines what happens in fiction and life when artist couples work together.

A critically acclaimed author and recent winner of the Femina Prize for a foreign novel, Ms. Cusk returns to read from her Mann Booker Prize-nominated novel, “Second Place.” The author explores the complicated geometry of relationships — freedom and gender, art and suffering, ego and self-sacrifice, illusion and will.

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Her husband and fellow artist, Mr. Scamell-Katz, joins her on the stage along with their longtime friend award-winning author Mr. Winer, whose novel, “The Marriage Artist,” has been described as a provocative snapshot of contemporary marriage.

Tickets for the “Parallel Stories” program cost $5 for museum and members and $10 for nonmembers. To purchase, go to tickets.sbma.net.

— Dave Mason