Photos, videos, gratitude

October 19th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Monday night was witness to another splendid round of Literary Firsts. I think I said so twice during the evening–because it’s always true–but it really was so great to be in that room.

I am so grateful for how funny and moving and smart these readers were, and equally as grateful for the appreciative crowd. If you weren’t able to make it, you can check out the photos and videos below for the evening’s highlights.

Kim Triedman reads fiction.

Kim Triedman reads fiction.

Anne Champion reads poetry.

Anne Champion reads poetry.

Michelle Seaton reads her essay, “How to Work a Locker Room”

Molly Howes reads her confessional essay.

Molly Howes reads her confessional essay.

I’m endlessly thankful to Kim, Anne, Michelle, and Molly for their readings. If you click each of their names to watch their respective videos, you’ll know why.

Fiction switch

October 12th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

We have a last-minute change for Monday’s reading: Kim Triedman will be stepping in for Susan Tepper.

For those of you who wanted to hear Susan read, worry not! I’ve rescheduled her for July 2014.

Check the Facebook event page for info about Kim and be sure to be there on Monday to hear her reading!

Two days!

October 12th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Can’t wait to see you on Monday night, Boston!

Meet me at Middlesex Lounge at 7pm for Susan Tepper, Anne Champion, Michelle Seaton, and Molly Howes!

Anne Champion

August 30th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Anne Champion is an uncrackable code.

Anne Champion is an uncrackable code.

Anne Champion is the author of Reluctant Mistress (Gold Wake Press, 2013).  Her poems have appeared in Verse Daily, The Pinch, Pank Magazine, The Comstock Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Poetry Quarterly, Cider Press Review, The Aurorean, and elsewhere.  She was a recipient of the Academy of American Poet’s Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, a St. Botolph Emerging Writer’s Grant nominee, and a Squaw Valley Community of Writers Poetry Workshop participant. She holds degrees in Behavioral Psychology and Creative Writing from Western Michigan University and received her MFA in Poetry from Emerson College.  She currently teaches writing and literature at Emerson College, Wheelock College, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston, MA.

Anne is the poet for the October 14 reading.

Molly Howes

August 30th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Molly Howes is a tidy fortune.

Molly Howes is a tidy fortune.

Molly Howes’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Bellingham Review, Tampa Review, and Marco Polo Arts Magazine. She will be a MacDowell Fellow this fall, where she will continue working on her childhood memoir, currently titled The Temporary Orphan: Invisible Wounds and Invisible Grace. She is an active and grateful member of the Grub Street writing community.

Molly is the confessional writer for the October 14 reading.

Michelle Seaton

August 30th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Michelle Seaton is a welcome respite.

Michelle Seaton is a welcome respite.

Michelle Seaton is a journalist and author whose fiction and essays have appeared in One Story, Harvard Review and Best American Nonrequired Reading, among others. She is a longtime contributor to Robb Report and NPR’s “Only a Game” and the co-author of The Way of Boys. She teaches creative nonfiction at Grub Street and writing for the media at Boston University.

Michelle is the essayist for the October 14 reading.

Susan Tepper

August 30th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

Susan Tepper is the soul of wit.

Susan Tepper is the author of four books of fiction and a chapbook of poetry. Her latest is a novel-in-stories called The Merrill Diaries (Pure Slush Books, July 2013) involving a young woman’s journey spanning nine years, two continents, two husbands, a pair of spies, one psychic, hit men, hookers, the music biz and much, much more.

Susan is the fiction fiction writer for the October 14 reading.

October readers announced!

August 29th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink

How fast the year flies.

It’s already the final Literary Firsts for 2013.

So please join us at Middlesex Lounge on Monday, October 14 at 7pm when Anne Champion, Molly Howes, Michelle Seaton, and Susan Tepper will be reading! I can’t wait to see you there!

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