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The Writer's Life Series − 2010The Writer's Life Series, our joint program with the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, presents four April evenings of informal discussions with local writers, at the Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. To reserve a ticket ($6 per event), call 617-547-6789 or sign up at www.ccae.org (see event codes below). Watch this space for details on the presenters and presentations. Wednesday, April 14, at 8 PM (event code: WA14) FROM IDEA TO BOOKSHELF: AUTHORS SHARE THEIR PUBLISHING STORIES Three authors discuss their book projects, and the journey from conception to publishing. Join them as they talk about what went right, what went wrong, and what was unexpected. Michelle Hoover teaches writing at Grub Street and is a full-time writing instructor at Boston University. She has published short stories and novel excerpts in numerous journals, including Prairie Schooner, The Massachusetts Review, StoryQuarterly, and Confrontation. She has been the Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell, a MacDowell Fellow, and in 2005 the winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award for Fiction. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and published in Best New American Voices. Her novel, The Quickening, will be published by Other Press in June 2010. Mo Lotman, author of Harvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950, has spent countless hours in Harvard Square since first visiting as a thirteen-year-old. Smitten with the area, he moved to Boston in 1991. Since then, he has been a graphic designer, a writer, a voice talent, an improvisational actor, a musician, an amateur photographer, and a tour guide, with an interest in local history. He currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his dog, Comet. This is his first book. Nancy Rappaport, author of In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide, is assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is attending child and adolescent psychiatrist at Harvard teaching affiliate Cambridge Health Alliance, where she is also Director of School Based-programs with a focus on servicing youths, families and staff in public schools. Wednesday, April 21 at 8 PM (event code WA21) SELF-PUBLISHING: WHY AND HOW TO DO IT These days, with the world of traditional publishing in flux, many writers are deciding to self-publish their books. Come hear the stories of three authors who recently did it and what they learned. Judah Leblang is a Medford, Massachusetts-based writer, who grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His essays and commentaries have been broadcast on National Public Radio stations around the US, and published in various newspapers and magazines in Boston and Cleveland. His column, "Life in the Slow Lane," appears regularly in Bay Windows, a Boston-area weekly newspaper. His first book, Finding My Place: One Man's Journey from Cleveland to Boston and Beyond, is available from Lake Effect Press. Li Mo's memoir Spirit Bridges began as stories performed in venues like Lincoln Center's 'Out of Doors', 'First Night' of Boston, and most recently at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Children's Museum of Boston, and Peabody Museum at Salem. Li Mo, (aka, Li Min Mo) is a critically-acclaimed storyteller, and for over 20 years an adjunct professor at Lesley University, and an artist and educator in public and private schools, universities, libraries, and museums. Mo's workshops and classes in writing, art, drama, and storytelling keep her in demand across the U.S. and abroad. Her award-winning writing has been anthologized. Born in Shanghai, Li Min Mo lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds an M.A. in Theater and Education from Goddard College in Vermont and an M.F.A. from Emerson College in Creative Writing. She has received numerous awards and support from organizations including the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cambridge Arts Council, and Channel 4's "You Gotta Have Arts."Audrey Beth Stein is the author of Map, a coming-of-age memoir that takes place during the small window of history when it was easier to tell people you'd fallen in love with another girl than that you'd met someone on the internet. She self-published Map this past October, and she has been exploring traditional and alternative methods of reaching an audience for many years. Previous projects include a CD of short stories, a culinary empowerment guide, and an extensive website that has been showcasing her work since 1995. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and is a two-time national prizewinner in the David Dornstein Memorial Short Story Contest. She also regularly teaches novel development and memoir classes at the CCAE. Wednesday, April 28 at 8 PM (event code WA28) ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? What do innovations like Kindle and Harvard Book Store's Espresso Book Machine mean for writers? Please join us for this exploratory conversation. Steve Almond is the author the story collections My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the novel Which Brings Me to You (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction books Candyfreak and (Not That You Asked). His new book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, will be out in Spring 2010. He also, crazily, recently self-published a book called This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey, which is composed of 30 very brief stories, and 30 very brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing. At Copyright Clearance Center, Christopher Kenneally is responsible for organizing and hosting programs that address the business needs of authors and publishers of all backgrounds and sizes. Among other activities, he is host and moderator for an ongoing series of writing conferences called "Beyond the Book" (www.beyondthebook.com). In addition, Kenneally's articles on such topics as blogging, search engines, and the impact of technology on writers have appeared in the Boston Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and BookTech Magazine, among other publications. An award-winning journalist and author of Massachusetts 101, a history of the state "from Redcoats to Red Sox" (www.mass101.com), Christopher Kenneally has reported on education, business, travel, culture and technology for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Independent of London, and many other leading publications. Jeff Mayersohn is co-owner, along with his wife, Linda Seamonson, of Harvard Book Store, an independent bookstore founded in 1932. Since Jeff and Linda assumed ownership in 2008, HBS has initiated same-day "green" delivery and print-on-demand via an Espresso Book Machine located in the store. "Paige M. Gutenborg" is an on-site book-making robot that can create a paperback book in under five minutes. Formally known as an Espresso Book Machine, Paige is a twenty-first-century printing press that can produce library-quality, perfect bound paperback editions from a virtually limitless inventory of digital titles in multiple languages, including rare and out-of-print public domain titles. The book machine also represents a unique opportunity for authors wanting to see their work in book form. Learn more at harvard.com/bookmachine or email bookmachine@harvard.com.Wednesday, May 5 at 8 PM (event code WM05) BEHIND THE SCENES − GHOSTWRITERS, COLLABORATORS, PEN NAME WRITERS Many writers use their skills to get gigs as ghost writers, collaborators, and pen name writers. Come find out how they do this. Leslie Brunetta's articles and essays have appeared on NPR and in The New York Times, Technology Review, Sewanee Review, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Regional Review and other publications. She has been a member of the NWU Boston Local for about 20 years. Spider Silk is her first book. Elaine McArdle, a former lawyer, has been a professional journalist and writer for more than 20 years, both on staff at newspapers and magazines and as a freelancer for the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and many other publications. She is the co-author, with Dr. Carolyn Bernstein, of The Migraine Brain: Your Breakthrough Guide to Fewer Headaches, Better Health, which has been featured on The Today Show and NPR, among other media, and was a finalist for a 2008 Books for a Better Life Award. Andrew Szanton, a 1985 graduate of Princeton University, is a veteran memoir collaborator, with a strong interest in politics, civil rights and the early history of atomic weapons. Among those he has assisted with memoirs are former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke; civil rights leader Charles Evers of Mississippi; and Hungarian-American Nobel Laureate in Physics Eugene Wigner. Mr. Szanton is currently working on a memoir with former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn. Home | About NWU | Events | Issues | Get Involved | Benefits | Links | Marketplace | Submissions | Contacts | FAQ
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