Prepare yourself for the works of Cassie Condrey. We’ve also got:
Laura Campagna, second year fiction. Of her writing she says, “I’m queer and a feminist, and I think you can find those elements in my stories, but I don’t want my work to be didactic. I try to create characters that aren’t normally represented in literature, [...]
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This Friday at the GRS
March 29th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Emerson College · Emerson College WLP Department · graduate reading series
Saturday is Emerson’s Graduate Open House! by Claire Blechman
March 26th, 2010 No Comments
Welcome to all the incoming Prospective Students!
When I came to open house as a prospective (back in 2006), I fell asleep on the floor behind a radiator somewhere in the Tufte building. I’d made the mistake of taking an overnight bus from NYC (4 am – 8 am) to save on hotel expenses. Please, prospective [...]
Tags: emerson MFA · Events · MA in Publishing and Writing
Preview: Graduate Reading Series 3/19
March 15th, 2010 4 Comments
Emersonians! We’re trying to figure out the best way to cover the GRS, so let this post mark the beginning of this endeavor! This Friday the following students will be reading from their recent works:
Hairee Lee is finishing out the second year of her MFA in fiction. Of her upcoming work she says, “I’m probably [...]
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Upcoming Literary Happenings in March
February 28th, 2010 No Comments
Unless you’ve been to see any creepy soothsayers recently, you probably don’t need to beware the Ides of March. Nonetheless, these events should inspire you to avoid the idleness of March. So get out there!
Tomorrow night at 6 pm, at Emerson’s own Paramount Theater, Dan Baum–former New Yorker writer (and “frenemy” of said [...]
Tags: Boston Athaenaum · Boston Symphony Orchestra · Brookline Booksmith · David Sedaris · harvard book store · Howard Yezerski Gallery · Institute for Contemporary Art · Porter Square Books
Cupid’s Roundup of Pre-Valentine’s Day Literary Events
February 3rd, 2010 1 Comment
The month of February is practically bursting out of its winter corset with chances to see interesting writers in person. And best of all, these stimulating (intellectually and perhaps otherwise) date opportunities are free! Now what could be more attractive than thriftiness?
Here’s our selection of Boston’s best upcoming readings and lectures:
TODAY
6:30 pm, First [...]
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December 3 Events
November 28th, 2009 No Comments
Mary Oliver - Evidence
Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline. 6 pm
Harold Evans and Jason Epstein - My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times and Eating: A Memoir
Brattle Theater. 6 pm. $5
Ha Jin - A Good Fall
Porter Square Books. 7 pm
Tags: author readings · bookstores · Independent bookstores · nonfiction
December 2 Events
November 27th, 2009 No Comments
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Ha Jin - A Good Fall
Location: Brookline Booksmith
Time: 7 pm
Maria Tatar and Odds Bodkin - “Stories and Storytelling”
Location: First Parish Church
Time: 6:30 pm
Steve Almond - This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey
Location: Harvard Book Store
Time: 7 pm
An Evening of Poetry with Joan Houlihan and Jennifer Militello
Location: [...]
Tags: author readings · bookstores · Independent bookstores
December 1 Events
November 26th, 2009 No Comments
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Victor LaValle
Location: Barnes and Noble at Emerson College, 114 Boylston Street
Time: 6 pm
The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines Modern Manhood
Location: Brookline Booksmith
Time: 7 pm
Mo Lotman - Harvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950
Location: Harvard Book Store
Time: 7 pm
Tags: author readings · books · bookstores · Boston · Emerson College WLP Department · fiction · Independent bookstores · nonfiction
November 30 Events
November 24th, 2009 No Comments
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An Evening with Author William M. Bulger
Local author William M. Bulger will speak on his new book, James Michael Curley.
Time: 630 pm
Location: South Boston Branch Library
Tags: author readings · Boston Public Library
November 23 Events
November 20th, 2009 No Comments
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Elisa New - Jacob’s Cane: A Jewish Family’s Journey From the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore
Location: Harvard Hillel
Time: 7:30 pm
John Buntin - L.A. Noir
Location: Porter Square Books
Time: 7 pm
Tags: author readings · bookstores · Independent bookstores