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Patty Marx & Roz Chast In Conversation with Lauren Haldeman promotional image

Patty Marx & Roz Chast In Conversation with Lauren Haldeman

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:00pm
The Englert
Presented by Prairie Lights Bookstore... Roz Chast and Patricia Marx : WHY DON’T YOU WRITE MY EULOGY NOW SO I CAN CORRECT IT?: A Mother’s Suggestions Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx’s knows better. Patty has never been able to shake her mother’s one-line witticisms from her brain, so she’s collected them into a book, accompanied by full color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast. These snappy maternal cautions include: If you feel guilty about...
Live from Prairie Lights: Erin McGraw in conversation with Margot Livesey promotional image

Live from Prairie Lights: Erin McGraw in conversation with Margot Livesey

Monday, April 8, 2019 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Erin McGraw will read from and talk about her new story collection Joy: and 52 Other Very Short Stories. "This quintessential collection of stories serves as an homage to the form while showcasing McGraw’s stunning talent and deep empathy for the idiosyncrasies, small joys, and despairs of human nature." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) Erin McGraw is also the author of six novels and story collections, including Lies of the Saints, The Baby Tree, and Better Food for a Better World. She...
Mission Creek Festival: Sabrina Orah Mark, Visual Poetry Synthesizer Reading with Stephanie Burt & Brandon Alexander Williams promotional image

Mission Creek Festival: Sabrina Orah Mark, Visual Poetry Synthesizer Reading with Stephanie Burt & Brandon Alexander Williams

Saturday, April 6, 2019 4:00pm
Sabrina Orah Mark is the author of the poetry collections The Babies and Tsim Tsum. Wild Milk is her first book of fiction. She lives in Athens, Georgia with her husband, Reginald McKnight, and their two sons. About the Book: Wild Milk is like Borscht Belt meets Leonora Carrington; it’s like Donald Barthelme meets Pony Head; it’s like the Brothers Grimm meet Beckett in his swim trunks at the beach. In other words, this remarkable collection of stories is unlike anything else you’ve read....
Mission Creek Festival: Lit Walk Round #2,  Readings hosted by Monsters of Poetry/Rescue Press, Ninth Letter/MAKE Magazine, The Rumpus/Lit Hub promotional image

Mission Creek Festival: Lit Walk Round #2, Readings hosted by Monsters of Poetry/Rescue Press, Ninth Letter/MAKE Magazine, The Rumpus/Lit Hub

Friday, April 5, 2019 6:00pm
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ROUND #2 Hosted by Rescue Press & Monsters of Poetry @White Rabbit (112 S. Linn St.) Marc Rahe, Lauren Haldeman, Brandon Taylor, Abraham Smith, Kathleen Maris Paltrineri, Kam Hilliard, & Kristin Lueke Hosted by Make Magazine & Ninth Letter @RSVP (140 N. Linn St.) Anne Yoder, Kyle Beachy, Andre Perry, Susan Steinberg, Jane Huffman, Max Neely-Cohen, & Ari Braverman Hosted by Lit Hub & The Rumpus @Revival (117 E. College St.) Jennifer S. Cheng, Mesha Maren, Carl Napolitano, Alexia Arthurs...