Upcoming Events

Diane Lefer
A Poetic Approach to the Short Story
Garlands Performing Arts Center
Saturday, January 21
2:30-5:00 p.m.

Manuscripts due Wed January 4 (by email or hard copy)
email short story to tamara at
nappingcat@sbcglobal.net

Diane is a novelist, short story writer and playwright.  Her NY-noir crime novel Nobody Wakes Up Pretty!, has just been accepted for publication by  Rainstorm Press. Her novelRadiant Hunger appeared as an excerpt in Kenyon Review and is available through IUniverse. Her short story collection California Transit received the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.  As a political activist, she has written plays on immigration and recently co-authored a book with Hector Aristizabal on his true story of surviving civil war and torture in Colombia, and how he uses art, imagination and activism to help heal himself and others.  and her on Diane Lefer at
http://www.dianelefer.weebly.com

February One Book, One Barrington activities around the book Hunger Games.

Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Panel Discussion from Local Authors
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Barrington Area Library Meeting Room
Gene Wolfe, Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye will discuss their work, favorite titles and genres and entertain Q & A from the audience.

Laying Groundwork for your Novel
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Perhaps you have an idea for a novel but don't know how to get started.  Author Jody Lynn Nye will offer some advice on how to tackle the job.  (We are co-sponsoring this event with the Barrington Area Library.)

Listen to an audio recording of poet Larry Janowski reading his favorite poem Variation and Reflection on Rilke by Denise Levertov.

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