Videos: Author Talks

Awardwinning science writer memoirist and photographer Margie Patlak talks about what inspired her to take the Maine nature photos that comprise her newly published photobook Wild and Wondrous Natures Artistry on the Coast of Maine and her photographyonthefly process using an iPhone httpsvimeocom961419255…

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Within a short span of time Margie Patlak lost her mother sole sibling and father Reeling from those losses Patlak returned to live in Down East Maine where she spent her childhood summers While in mourning and writing about the wilder environment she experienced at her new home Patlak uncovered many lessons nature was teaching her about…

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A virtual author talk with Abby Chandler who shared with us about her new book, Seized with the Temper of the Times: Identity and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary America.

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This presentation, Good Grief, presents how memoirists—Ann Hood (Comfort), Mark Doty (Heaven’s Coast), and Trent Preszler (Little and Often)— used writing as an important component of healing after loss.

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Author and historian Richard Webb shares his book, Boats Against the Current: The Honeymoon Summer of Scott and Zelda, the companion to the newly released documentary, Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story, which explores the story behind the iconic American novel, The Great Gatsby.

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1010I was a black woman according to my family44 societys onedrop rule and my birth certificate It was culturally and legally ridiculous to wonder if I wasnt Yet my biological ancestry counted for absolutely nothing My beloved mother was white10Former Andover resident44 E Dolores Johnson discusses her new book44 Say Im Dead A Family Memoir of Race44…

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1010Author Matthew Van Meter discusses his book along with other social justice issues44 including his work with Shakespeare in Prison44 a Detroit Public Theatre community program10In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana44 a 19yearold black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight Duncan was arrested a few minutes later…

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Join us for a conversation with local writer, Kristin Bair (O’Keeffe), during which she will discuss her new novel, Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything, parenting in a pandemic, the writing process, facing our fears, Facebook mom groups, and more.

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On Wednesday, October 14th, bestselling author Gregory Maguire spent a fun-filled hour in conversation with bestselling author Daniel Handler, familiar to many as 'Lemony Snicket.'

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