It's fall, and that means the beginning of some fabulous SISTERS CELEBRATIONS! First up, Tuesday, September 28 at The UConn Co-op, featuring readings by Catherine Chung, Lisa Starr, Davyne Verstandig, and Emily Wojcik. Reading begins at 6:30pm.
Catherine Chung, a contributor to SISTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY, recently completed her first novel, Forgotten Country, forthcoming from Riverhead Books. Named a “New Voice” by Granta in April 2010, she lives in New York City.
Lisa Starr is Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, as well as an... inn-keeper and teacher. The author of three books, Starr is the founder and director of the Block Island Poetry Project. She is owner and operator of the Hygeia House, a 10-room inn on Block Island.
Davyne Verstandig is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the UConn Torrington Campus, and director of the Litchfield County Writers Project. She has published two books of poetry, and has performed at libraries, galleries and performances spaces throughout New England and in New York City. She is currently working on a memoir and a novel.
Emily Wojcik is completing a PhD at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches in the English department. She is the assistant editor of Paris Press and co-editor of SISTERS.
SISTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that capture the unique and profound relationship between sisters. Writers include Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Edwidge Danticat, Alice Walker, Joan Baez, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Mary Karr, Grace Paley, Wendy Wasserstein, Maxine Kumin, Rita Dove, Dorothy Parker, M.F.K. Fisher, and many other contemporary and modern acclaimed and emerging writers. Visit www.parispress.org and sistersananthology.blogspo
Catherine Chung, a contributor to SISTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY, recently completed her first novel, Forgotten Country, forthcoming from Riverhead Books. Named a “New Voice” by Granta in April 2010, she lives in New York City.
Lisa Starr is Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, as well as an... inn-keeper and teacher. The author of three books, Starr is the founder and director of the Block Island Poetry Project. She is owner and operator of the Hygeia House, a 10-room inn on Block Island.
Davyne Verstandig is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the UConn Torrington Campus, and director of the Litchfield County Writers Project. She has published two books of poetry, and has performed at libraries, galleries and performances spaces throughout New England and in New York City. She is currently working on a memoir and a novel.
Emily Wojcik is completing a PhD at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches in the English department. She is the assistant editor of Paris Press and co-editor of SISTERS.
SISTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that capture the unique and profound relationship between sisters. Writers include Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Edwidge Danticat, Alice Walker, Joan Baez, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Mary Karr, Grace Paley, Wendy Wasserstein, Maxine Kumin, Rita Dove, Dorothy Parker, M.F.K. Fisher, and many other contemporary and modern acclaimed and emerging writers. Visit www.parispress.org and sistersananthology.blogspo
