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Harvard Book Store Presents...
Free Press
Price: $24.99
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ELIZABETH BENEDICT
delves into
Mentors, Muses & Monsters:
Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives
with contributors
Chris Castellani, Margot Livesey, Jay Cantor, Julia Glass, and Jim Shepard
$5 tickets on sale now
Harvard Book Store, Cambridge Center for Adult Education and Grub Street are excited to welcome award-winning novelist and editor ELIZABETH BENEDICT for a conversation about the new collection of essays Mentors, Muses & Monsters: Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives, along with contributors Chris Castellani, Margot Livesey, Jay Cantor, Julia Glass and Jim Shepard. In Mentors, Muses & Monsters, thirty of today's brightest literary lights turn their attention to the question of mentorship and influence, exploring the people, events, and books that have transformed their lives. In her communications with contributors, Benedict noticed a longing to thank the people who had changed their lives, and to acknowledge them the best way a storyteller can, by revealing the intricacies of their connection. These writers look back to when something powerful happened to them at an unpredictable age, a moment when a role model saw potential in them, or when they came to understand they possessed literary talent themselves. As most of these encounters occurred when the writers were young — unsure of who they were or what they could accomplish — several pieces radiate a poignant tenderness, and almost all of them express enduring gratitude.
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617.661.1515
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617.661.1424 ex.1
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| DATE: |
Friday, November 13th |
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6:00 PM |
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Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge |
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$5 tickets can be purchased online at www.harvard.com, at Harvard Book Store, and over the phone with a credit card (617.661.1515)
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Elizabeth Benedict is the author of Almost, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year, a Newsweek Best Fiction Book of the Year, and a Best Book of the Year by National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. She is also the author of three other novels, as well as The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers. She has also taught fiction and non-fiction writing at Barnard, the New
School, Princeton, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Swarthmore College, and
MIT and has written for many publications, including The New York Times, Tin House, Harper's Bazaar, and The American Prospect.
Photo Credit: Emma Dodge Hanson
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