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Public Events
December 3, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Radio interview with Ira Wood, producer and host of The Lowdown, WOMR 92.1 FM & WFMR 91.3 FM. Streaming on WOMR.org.
December 4, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Book launch and conversation on autobiographical memory, trauma, and the writing of memoir with Robyn Fivush, Professor Emerita of Psychology and Psychology Today‘s “The Stories of Our Lives” blogger. Co-sponsored by the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, the Institute of the Liberal Arts, and the Department of Psychology, Emory University.
January 23, 2025, 9 a.m. / 7 p.m.
Radio interview with Mindy Todd, host and producer of The Point, WCAI 90.1, NPR for the Cape, Coast and Islands and a service of WGBH Radio. Stream at The Point, WCAI.
February 11, 2025, 7 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with Dr. Jonathan Adler, social psychologist and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Wellesley College. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Location: Newtonville Books, 10 Langley Rd, Newton, MA
February 12, 2025, 7 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with Wayne Rhodes, recently retired writing professor in UMass Boston’s ESL and English Composition programs and longtime Wellfleet resident. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Location: Papercuts Bookshop, 60 South St., Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
February 13, 2025, 7 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with Kate Ellis, public radio documentary producer, assignment editor for The World (WGBH), and co-editor of several civil rights anthologies. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Location: Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 1 p.m.
Invited reading and colloquium discussion led by Dr. Candace Waid, University of California, Santa Barbara
Saturday, July 26, 2025, 3 p.m.
Reading, Audience Q&A, and Book Signing.
Location: Brewster Ladies’ Library, 1822 Main St., Brewster, MA
Sunday, July 27, 2025, 6 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with Linda Kulman, ghostwriter for Anthony Fauci, Amanda Knox, and others, on the challenges of writing memoir for oneself and on behalf of others. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
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Location: East End Books, 389 Commercial St., Provincetown, MA
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 5 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with novelist and memoirist Adrienne Brodeur. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Location: Snow Library, 67 Main St., Orleans, MA
Thursday, July 31, 2025, 7 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with writer and curator Lisa Mecham on memoir, locals and summer visitors, and the relation between place and emotion. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Location: Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main St., Wellfleet MA
September 19–21, 2025
Location: Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial St., Provincetown, MA
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, 6 p.m.
Reading, followed by discussion with Wofford professor and filmmaker Julie Sexeny on family secrets, place and memory, and the writing of memoir. Audience Q&A, and Book Signing.
Location: Hub City Bookshop, 186 West Main St., Spartanburg, SC