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Ampersand Extra: Jesse Browner Interview

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Ampersand hosts Kevin Larimer and Melissa Faliveno sit down with Jesse Browner, the author of How Did I Get Here? Making Peace With the Road Not Taken, published this month by Harper Wave, to talk about the new book and the decisions we...

Murakami and Adichie Among Time’s Most Influential People, The Book of Joy, and More

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Daily News

4.17.15

The right kind of day job for a writer; GIF quotes app; a new reading of L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time; and other news.

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Visiting Hours by Amy Butcher

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Amy Butcher reads from her debut memoir, Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder, published in April by Blue Rider Press. As my car cuts across the countryside toward Kevin's prison, the sun like yolk across the fields, I...

Lord Fear by Lucas Mann

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Lucas Mann reads from his memoir, Lord Fear, forthcoming in May from Pantheon Books. [NOTEBOOK, UNDATED, “THE MATTER OF THE DRUGS”]: Rules!!– ANY substance cannot be taken two days concurrently. I will keep it to twice per...

The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen

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Alice Eve Cohen reads four excerpts from her memoir, The Year My Mother Came Back, forthcoming in March from Algonquin Books. The Year My Mother Came Back One day, my brilliant, beautiful, complicated mother...

The Savvy Self-Publisher: San Francisco 2015

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Publishing veteran Debra Englander gives an overview of the self-publishing process, followed by a conversation with literary agent Ted Weinstein—who represents Keith Devlin, NPR's Math Guy and author of numerous traditionally published books as...

Resources for Writers and the Role of Community: San Francisco 2015

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Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, director of Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops (West), leads a discussion about resources available to writers in San Francisco, the importance of community, and how various literary communities can support one...

Charles D'Ambrosio: Washington, D.C. 2014

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Charles D'Ambrosio reads from his new collection of essays, Loitering: New and Collected Essays, published by Tin House Books in November, at the Poets & Writers Live event in Washington, D.C. on October 25, 2014. Introduction by Kevin...

Resources for Writers and the Role of Community: Washington, D.C. 2014

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Bonnie Rose Marcus, director of Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops (East), leads a discussion about resources available to writers in Washington, D.C., the importance of community, and how various literary communities can support one...

Lesser-Known Literary Monsters, the History of Zombie Research, and More