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SUMMARY:Author Talk & Book Signing with Cindy House
DESCRIPTION:Visit Obodo Serendipity Books to see Cindy House (Fiction\, June 2017) in conversation with Zach Miko about her memoir\, Mother Noise. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the opening of this “unexpectedly uplifting…masterfully crafted memoir” (Shelf Awareness\, starred review) Cindy\, twenty years into recovery after a heroin addiction\, grapples with how to tell her nine-year-old son about her past. She wants him to learn this history from her\, not anyone else; but she worries about the effect this truth may have on him. Told in essays and graphic narrative shorts\, Mother Noise is a stunning memoir that delves deep into our responsibilities as parents while celebrating the moments of grace and generosity that mark a true friendship—in this case\, her benefactor and champion through the years\, David Sedaris. \n\n\n\nThis is a powerful memoir about addiction\, motherhood\, and Cindy’s ongoing effort to reconcile the two. Are we required to share with our children the painful details of our past\, or do we owe them protection from the harsh truth of who we were before?
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-book-signing-with-cindy-house/
LOCATION:Obodo Serendipity Books\, 3588 Main Street\, Stratford\, Connecticut\, 06614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Jasminne Paulino launches "The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez" with Lofty Pigeon Books
DESCRIPTION:Join Lofty Pigeon Books for the launch of The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez\, Jasminne Paulino’s (WFYP\, June 2023) powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day. \n\n\n\nJasminne will be joined by New York Times–bestselling children’s author Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) for a reading\, conversation\, signing\, and reception. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeventh grader Alex’s favorite things to do are watching YouTube videos of rocket launches with his Papi and spending hours on the NASA website reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself\, and knows he’ll have to study hard in order to get there. \n\n\n\nBut Alex is in his grade’s SC (self-contained) classroom\, which means doing the same dull worksheets every day and reading books his sister read back in the third grade. Worst of all\, being in SC means nobody thinks he’s ready to join Ms. Rosef’s mainstream science class—the class Alex knows will be the first step on his path to NASA. \n\n\n\nWhen his teacher says “not yet” for the millionth time\, Alex decides it’s time to make a change. Now he’s ready to try everything he can to get the people in his life—his teachers\, his parents\, and the kids at school—to understand that he\, Alex Ramirez\, is capable of the extraordinary.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/jasminne-paulino-launches-the-extraordinary-orbit-of-alex-ramirez-with-lofty-pigeon-books/
LOCATION:Lofty Pigeon Books\, 743 Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Sleepy Hollow Bookshop for a book launch event with Jasminne Paulino’s (WFYP\, June 2023) debut novel\, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez. Jasminne will be in conversation with Claribel Ortega\, NYT-bestselling author of the Witchlings series.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-extraordinary-orbit-of-alex-ramirez-book-launch/
LOCATION:Sleepy Hollow Bookshop\, 95 Beekman Avenue\, Sleepy Hollow\, New York\, 10591\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Writers Presents: Still Healing by Rosalind Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the virtual launch of Rosalind Kaplan’s (Nonfiction\, June 2020) memoir-in-essays\, Still Healing! Rosalind will be in conversation with her fellow cohort member Robbie Gamble. There will be an opportunity for a Q&A at the end of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe American view of doctors vacillates between seeing them as heroes with hearts of gold and nerves of steel and disparaging them as arrogant\, callous\, and careless. The truth lies between: Doctors are human beings with professional training that\, at best\, allows them to heal people and\, at worst\, to harm or even hasten death. Still Healing\, a memoir in essays\, explores the complicated realm of medical training\, practice\, and culture. With vulnerability and humor\, it gives a glimpse into the world of a doctor and an honest and sometimes searing view of our healthcare system.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-writers-presents-still-healing-by-rosalind-kaplan/
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SUMMARY:Writing Picture Book Memoirs with Andrea Wang\, Author of “Watercress”
DESCRIPTION:Using her own Newbery Honor and Caldecott-winning picture book\, Watercress\, as well as books by others as examples\, Andrea Wang (WFYP\, June 2011) will discuss the differences and similarities between fiction PBs and memoirs\, including elements such as plot\, structure\, theme\, and research. Andrea will also talk about some of the methods she’s used to mine her life for emotion and conflict\, and how she has applied them to her own work. She will lead attendees in some guided free-writing exercises\, so come prepared to write! She’ll also offer suggestions on how to incorporate the results of your free-writing into your works-in-progress\, whether they’re memoirs or not. This event will be recorded\, and a replay will be available for 30 days after the live event.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-picture-book-memoirs-with-andrea-wang-author-of-watercress/
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SUMMARY:You Can't Kill a Poet Presents: Loose Bricks by Boston Gordon
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the launch of Boston Gordon’s (Poetry\, January 2015) newest poetry book\, Loose Bricks! The event will include readings by other poets\, such as July Westhale (Poetry\, June 2013). Books will be available for purchase. Attendees must be 21+.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/you-cant-kill-a-poet-presents-loose-bricks-by-boston-gordon/
LOCATION:Tattoed Mom\, 530 South St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:8th Annual Bronx Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Meet authors and illustrators at the 8th Annual Bronx Book Festival\, founded by WFYP alum Saraciea J. Fennell. Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be this year’s YA Keynote Speaker). \n\n\n\nThe Bronx Book Festival promotes literacy and fosters a love of reading among children\, teens\, and adults. The festival covers a wide range of topics relevant to the Bronx community through panels\, workshops\, and more with award-winning and bestselling authors\, illustrators\, and creators. The festival helps cultivate the reading culture in the Bronx and has become the premier literary experience open to Bronx residents and the general public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/8th-annual-bronx-book-festival/
LOCATION:The Bronx Book Festival
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Queer Poetry Night w/ Max McDonough & July Westhale: Python with a Dog Inside It & moon moon
DESCRIPTION:Join Max McDonough and July Westhale (Poetry\, June 2013) for a queer poetry night with readings from their books\, Python with a Dog Inside It and moon moon\, respectively. \n\n\n\nMax McDonough is a writer from South Jersey. His work has appeared in The New York Times\, AGNI\, Ecotone\, Northwest Review\, Best New Poets\, The Adroit Journal\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, and T Magazine\, among others. Python with a Dog Inside It\, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award\, is his debut collection. \n\n\n\nPoet and translator July Westhale was born in the American Southwest. Their books include moon moon\, Trailer Trash\, Unmade Hearts\, and Via Negativa\, which Publishers Weekly called “stunning” in a starred review. Ocean Vuong chose Westhale as the 2018 University of Arizona Poetry Center Fellow. Their translation of the Chilean poet Rolando Cardenas’ collected works was selected for the 2026 Unsung Masters Series (forthcoming from Pleiades Press). They have work in McSweeney’s\, DIAGRAM\, The National Poetry Review\, Prairie Schooner\, CALYX\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, and The Huffington Post\, among others. July is represented by Carolyn Forde at Transatlantic and lives in Tucson\, where they are adapting their novel to film.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/queer-poetry-night-w-max-mcdonough-july-westhale-python-with-a-dog-inside-it-moon-moon/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Smith\, 225 Smith Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11231\, United States
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