Jenny Boully Craft Capsule: Chicago 2015
Author Jenny Boully presents "Beginnings and Endings: Revising Lives in Nonfiction" as part of the Craft Capsules portion of Poets & Writers Live in Chicago on June 20, 2015.
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Visiting Hours by Amy Butcher
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...