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| Jessica Treadway at the Hotel Marlowe |
Women's History Month readings
Note: This is the monthly meeting of PEN/NE at the Hotel Marlowe. Please see our website for details and directions. |
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| Scott Heim |
We Disappear
A teenage boy is found murdered in a field near a small
Kansas town and this sparks a dark obsession in a hard-luck
woman named Donna. She persuades her son to help her find
out more about "disappeared" people. We Disappear
examines our fascination with mystery and crime, and
ultimately shows the power of love between a mother and son.
Heim was born and raised in central Kansas. He holds degrees from the Univ of Kansas and Columbia. He is the author of three novels including In Awe and Mysterious Skin and a book of poems, Saved From Drowning. He has been interviewed on NPR's Weekend Edition and Fresh Air. He lives in Boston. |
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| John Lescroart |
Betrayal
New York Times bestseller John Lescroart returns with
an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his
trademark blend of real people and real suspense. From the
treacherous streets of Iraq to the courtrooms of California,
Betrayal is not only John Lescroart's most ambitious and
provocative novel, it is a magnificent tour de force of pure
storytelling.
Lescroart is the author of eighteen previous novels, including The Suspect, The Hunt Club, The Motive, The Second Chair, The First Law, The Oath, The Hearing, and Nothing But the Truth. The Washington Post has hailed him as "better than Grisham." He lives with his wife and their children in Northern California. |
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| Bret Johnston |
Naming the World and other Exercises for the Creative Writer
Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret
Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to
the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to
building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene,
Naming the World jump-starts your creativity with
inspiring exercises that will have you scrambling for pen and
paper.
Our friends at Grub St. are co-sponsoring Bret's appearance here. Johnston is the internationally acclaimed author of Corpus Christi: Stories. His many awards include the James A. Michener/Copernicus Society of America Fellowship, the Glasgow Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a National Book Award honor for writers under thirty-five. |
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| Dennis Upper |
Long Story Short
"Nothing happens in a vacuum"...so begins Long Story
Short, a collection of one hundred absorbing stories from
clinical psychologist Dennis Upper's life. A vivid and thoughtful
evocation of personal experiences, the tales in this engaging
volume are long and short, funny and sad, trivial and profound.
Dennis Upper, a clinical psychologist, is a graduate of Yale University. He has written or edited twelve books, and his poems and short stories have appeared in more than fifty literary journals. He lives in Winchester, Massachusetts. This event is co-sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Boston. |
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| Stephanie Schorow |
The Crime of the Century
On January 17, 1950, seven robbers in Halloween masks
walked into a counting room of the Brink's armored car garage
on Prince Street in Boston and walked out with $2.5 million in
cash, checks, and securities. It was the largest robbery in U.S.
history to date. Just before the statute of limitations ran out,
one of the robbers, who believed he was cheated out of his
share, ratted out his comrades. The subsequent trial captivated
a city, as details of the caper finally came to light.
Schorow is a Boston-based freelance writer focusing on topics of regional and national interest. A former reporter for the Boston Herald and the Associated Press, she is the author of Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston and Fire in the Grove. Her articles appear regularly in the Boston Globe and other New England publications. She lives in Medford. |
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| Seth Harwood |
Jack Wakes Up
Seth Harwood's stories have been published in Post Road,
Ecotone, Inkwell, Sojourn, and The Red Rock Review
among others. His short story White was nominated
for a Pushcart Prize. He teaches writing and literature at the
City College of San Francisco and Chabot College.
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| Frances Moore Lappe |
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad
Like her earlier work, Getting A Grip connects readers'
personal passions with actions they can take, right now, to help
create the world they want. Flouting tired Right-versus-Left
thinking, she affirms readers' basic sanity--their intuition that it
is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of
our local-to-global crises. Writing with energy and heart, Lappe
convinces us we really can go for it.
Lappe's sixteen books have been translated into over twenty languages. She co-founded the Institute for Food and Developmental Policy as well as the American news service. With her daughter, she leads the Cambridge-based Small P***t Institute and the affiliated Small P***t Fund. She is a founding councillor of the World Future Council and recipient of seventeen honorary doctorates as well as the Right Livelihood award. |
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