Literary Firsts

I was so thrilled to have another tremendous group of writers for Literary Firsts on Monday. In the immortal words of J.F. Lynch, “If you weren’t there, if you didn’t see it, you missed out.”

However, through the magic of video and the internet, now you can pretend you were there when Michael Hoerman, Terri Trespicio, Matthew Salesses, and Liam Day kicked off 2012 with a bang.

First, the still images:

Michael Hoerman reads his poetry.

Terri Trespicio reads her essay, "Unhitched but Not Unhappy"

Matthew Salesses reads excerpts from "The Last Repatriate"

Liam Day reads his confessional essay.

And now, the moving pictures.

See you in April!

Literary Firsts is in three days!

If you need some more incentive (besides four uber-talented readers), check out this excerpt from Terri Trespicio’s essay. Stop by the Middlesex on Monday night to hear the rest.

Terri Trespicio is a concentric contraction.

Terri Trespicio is a writer, editor, essayist, poet, sometime-fiction-writer, and former senior editor at Martha Stewart’s Whole Living magazine. She also formerly hosted the daily radio show called “Whole Living,” that ran for three years on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius XM 110. A regular contributor to local and national media, Terri has appeared on the Today show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, TBS Movie & a Makeover, Fox News, and is a regular guest on The Martha Stewart Show.

A graduate of Boston College, Terri earned her MFA at Emerson, where she also taught undergrad and graduate level courses in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, and considers Boston her second home, having lived in the area for almost 20 years. Currently, she’s a freelance writer/editor and creative consultant to businesses looking to grow their lifestyle brands. Her work has appeared locally in Boston Common magazine and she’s proud to be the cover story of this month’s Boston magazine on adults who live single by choice. She lives in Manhattan.

Terri is the essayist for the January 23 reading.

Thanks, as always, to Randolph for classing up this operation via his design prowess.