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SUMMARY:NYC Book Launch: THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds\, Jerome Pumphrey\, Jarrett Pumphrey\, and Jacqueline Woodson
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) debut picture book along with the illustrators Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey\, all in conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. “There Was a Party for Langston” is a snappy\, joyous ode to Word King\, literary genius\, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Join us at the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City. \n\n\n\nReynolds & the Pumphreys will discuss the inspiration behind and creation of their new book\, discuss the significance of Hughes’s life\, and take pictures with attendees. All books will be presigned (no personalization) and attendees will be able to take pictures with the authors. \n\n\n\nFree tickets are available for teachers (limited amount) and discounted bulk tickets & books available for youth organizations & schools.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/nyc-book-launch-there-was-a-party-for-langston-by-jason-reynolds-jerome-pumphrey-jarrett-pumphrey-and-jacqueline-woodson/
LOCATION:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, 515 Malcolm X Blvd\, New York City\, New York\, 10037\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening at Books and Books with Pamela Petro and Thomas Swick
DESCRIPTION:Books & Books presents an evening with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) & Thomas Swick discussing Petro’s book: The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir.This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event so make sure to stay after the talk for a book signing! \n\n\n\nFor readers of H Is for Hawk\, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales. \n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nA finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph‘s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”Pamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (published by Arcade) and Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz.Thomas Swick was the travel editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel from 1989 to 2008. His work has appeared in numerous print and online publications\, as well as in six editions of The Best American Travel Writing. His most recent book\, the memoir Falling into Place: A Story of Love\, Poland\, and the Making of a Travel Writer\, will be out in November. He lives with his wife Hania in Fort Lauderdale and in his free time does cartooning and street photography.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-at-books-and-books-with-pamela-petro-and-thomas-swick/
LOCATION:Books & Books in Coral Gables\, 265 Aragon Ave\, Coral Gables\, Florida\, 33134\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Main Point Books Presents Pamelo Petro\, "The Long Field"
DESCRIPTION:Main Point Books and The Welsh Society of Philadelphia welcomes Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics)\, author of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir. This new book\, perfect for fans of H Is for Hawk\, is an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales. \n\n\n\nReservations are requested via Eventbrite; walk-ins are welcome. Books are for sale through Eventbrite and the store’s website\, and will be available during the event. Signed copies can be mailed within the U.S. \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including “Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South” and “Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh.” Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nA finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph’s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/main-point-books-presents-pamelo-petro-the-long-field/
LOCATION:Main Point Books\, 116 N. Wayne Avenue\, Wayne\, Pennsylvania\, 19087\, United States
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