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SUMMARY:Salon with Memoir Authors Hester Kaplan & Alizah Holstein
DESCRIPTION:Visit The Yellow House for a salon style discussion\, Q&A\, and signing with Rhode Island based authors Hester Kaplan (Twice Born) and Alizah Holstein (My Roman History). Books and drinks available for purchase. \n\n\n\nHester Kaplan is the author of novels and story collections including The Edge of Marriage\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies\, including The Best American Short Stories series. She is the recipient of two NEA awards\, and was named a Mark Twain Fellow for Twice Born. \n\n\n\nAlizah Holstein holds a PhD in history from Cornell University and an MFA in nonfiction writing and literary translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Providence\, Rhode Island.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/salon-with-memoir-authors-hester-kaplan-alizah-holstein/
LOCATION:The Yellow House\, 3842 Main Rd\, Tiverton Four Corners\, Rhode Island\, 02878\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Yellow House":MAILTO:hello@theyellowhouseri.com
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SUMMARY:The Mirror In Our Music: Fred Joiner’s Book Release
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Carrboro poet and curator Fred L. Joiner’s (Poetry\, June 2015) new book of poetry\, The Mirror In Our Music\, out now via Birds LLC. The night will include readings by Fred Joiner\, Nathaniel Mackey\, Tyree Daye\, Destiny Hemphill and Tsitsi Ella Jaji. \n\n\n\nFeaturing live music by Nicole Mitchell\, Joe Westurland and Butler Knowles and original short films by Ben Felton. \n\n\n\nDoors 6:30 pm / Show 7 pm.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-mirror-in-our-music-fred-joiners-book-release/
LOCATION:Shadowbox Studio\, 2200-D Dominion Street Durham\, NC 27704\, Durham\, North Carolina\, 27704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Memoirist Deborah Sosin\, in Conversation with Alison Cupp Relyea
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Rye Free Reading Room for an author event with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015) discussing her memoir: Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family (70 Micro-Memoirs\, 70 Words Each). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Rye native and award-winning author Deborah Sosin\, now a Boston-based writer and psychotherapist\, as she and local essayist Alison Cupp Relyea discuss the craft of writing a set of linked micro-memoirs about balancing family loyalty with forging one’s own path in life. This genre-bending new memoir includes 70 pencil drawings by artist Anna Hall. Copies of Escape Velocity will be available for sale and signing.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/memoirist-deborah-sosin-in-conversation-with-alison-cupp-relyea/
LOCATION:Rye Library\, 1061 Boston Post Rd\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rye Free Reading Room":MAILTO:reference@ryelibrary.org
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SUMMARY:Kate Fussner Book Signing at Rozzie Bound Co-op
DESCRIPTION:Roslindale author Kate Fussner (WFYP\, June 2021) will sign her books\, 13 Ways to Say Goodbye and The Song of Us\, at Rozzie Bound Co-op. Kate is a novelist\, educator\, and accidental poet living in Massachusetts with her wife and dramatic dog. She holds her B.A. in English from Vassar College\, her M.Ed. from UMass Boston/Boston Teacher Residency\, and her M.F.A. in Writing for Young People from Lesley University. Her debut novel\, The Song of Us\, was named a Notable Verse Novel 2024 by NCTE\, long-listed for the MA Book Awards for YA/MG\, and named a Best Children’s Book of the Year with outstanding merit by Bank Street College of Education. Kate believes in the power of a good laugh and a good cry\, and hopes her stories will provide readers with both. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of RVMS’s Pride festivities.  \n\n\n\nRozzie Bound Pride Deals: \n\n\n\nCustomers spend $30 and get a free Blind Date with a Book while supplies last. \n\n\n\nCustomers can get a free bookish pride sticker while supplies last.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/kate-fussner-book-signing-at-rozzie-bound-co-op/
LOCATION:Rozzie Bound Co-op\, 739 South Street\, Roslindale\, Massachusetts\, 02131-2561\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Book Launch with Nathan Tavares
DESCRIPTION:Join Nathan Tavares (Fiction\, June 2011) in conversation with Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012 & Mentor)\, to celebrate the release of his book The Disco at the End of the World. Preorder your book today to have it signed!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-nathan-tavares/
LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, Massachusetts\, 02446-2908\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Nathan Tavares with Sara Farizan: The Disco at the End of the World
DESCRIPTION:Visit Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of The Disco at the End of the World with author Nathan Tavares (Fiction\, June 2011)\, in conversation with Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012 & Mentor). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can pre-order your copy of The Disco at the End of the World through the bookstore’s website. Books will also be available for purchase at the event. Books can be picked up 30 minutes before the event in the event space.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/nathan-tavares-with-sara-farizan-the-disco-at-the-end-of-the-world/
LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, Massachusetts\, 02446-2908\, United States
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