2010 Schedule of Events
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Newburyport Pedicab will be available on Saturday to aid people in getting
to our different venues. This is a free service, but tips are appreciated and will help
support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. http://www.newburyportpedicab.com/
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Friday, April 23
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Friday 6:00 PM
The Firehouse Center
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Opening Ceremony
The Writer’s Life – Wally Lamb and Andre Dubus III in Conversation
Ah, aren’t we all curious about the writer’s life? This year, as the Newburyport Literary Festival honors local, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, John P. Marquand, our theme for is exactly that—The Writer’s Life.
Be curious no more!
Join us for the opening ceremony April 23, 6:00 p.m. at the Firehouse Center for the Arts and be part of a conversation between our own Andre Dubus III and celebrated fiction author, Wally Lamb. Public radio producer Kelly Horan will facilitate their visit with us and will allow plenty of time for questions from the audience.
This is followed by our traditionally fabulous Dinner with the Authors, which begins at 7:30 at Nicholson Hall, Greek Church on Harris Street, Newburyport. Get your tickets early! Good food and fabulous company await you.
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Friday 7:30 PM
Nicholson Hall
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Join us for Dinner with the Authors!
Tickets $50.00
Buffet and cash bar
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Saturday, April 24
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Poetry
Saturday 8:30 AM
Central Congregational
Church Social Hall
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Coffee with the Poets
Iambs and trochees, slant rhyme and straight; free verse and formal, reverberate! Launch your day and the Festival with coffee on the house, and a plethora of poetry read by Powow River Poets David Davis, Len Krisak, Don Kimball, Bob Moore and Michael Cantor.
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Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
Old South Church
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Wally Lamb reads from The Hour I First Believed
In his latest novel, Wally Lamb has created a tour de force that is at once a meditation on the human condition and an unflinching yet compassionate evocation of character. After finding a stash of diaries in his family house, Lamb’s protagonist Caelum Quirk explores five generations of his family history back to the civil war. Revelations of family secrets, anger, and guilt become a quest for meaning. Listen to Wally Lamb read from this profound and heart-rending work of fiction.
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Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
Greek Orthodox Church Annunciation
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A Sense of Place
Can the setting of a book act as a character? How strongly does place influence the narrative? What are the risks and rewards of writing about the place where you live? Join Brunonia Barry and Aine Greaney as they discuss the way that their sense of place has changed the stories they write.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
First Religious
Society Unitarian
Universalist Church
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The Enduring Marquand
Jonathan Yardley, book critic for The Washington Post and 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner joins the festival to discuss his passion for the works of J. P. Marquand. His highly personal reminiscence will focus on his particular favorite novel, Wickford Point. Whether you are also a lifelong fan or new to Marquand, this is an event not to miss!
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Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
Firehouse Center
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Making a Long Story (Very) Short:
Readings from The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction
What is “flash fiction”? How does it differ from other genres of literature? How do writers tell a story in so few words? Join authors from The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction as they discuss their essays and read their short short stories from this increasingly popular genre of literature.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
The Book Rack
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A Stitch in Time: Marla Miller reads from Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Betsy Ross occupies a sacred place in the American consciousness and Marla Miller’s winning narrative does her justice. Listen to Marla read from her vivid biography of an ordinary Pennsylvanian woman who became the legendary seamstress of the American Revolution.
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Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Richard Doetsch reads from The 13th Hour
Richard Doetsch’s new thriller, The 13th Hour, is a unique story told in reverse order. “Time is not something to waste,” a mysterious man tells Nick Quinn as he sits in a police interrogation room, accused of murdering his wife. The man then gives Nick a golden pocket watch that allows Nick to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of 12 hours. “In the 13th hour, all will be lost.” And so begins Nick’s frantic journey to save his wife. Come sit on the edge of your seat and listen as Richard reads from his intriguing new novel. Doetsch is also the author of The Thieves of Heaven and The Thieves of Faith.
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Children
Saturday 9:30 AM
Children’s Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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What's Inside? A Cut-Paper Workshop
Salem resident Giles Laroche (What's Inside? Fascinating Structures Around the World, 2009) creates elaborate collage illustrations for children's books using a technique called paper relief. He has been making exquisite pictures from cut paper for more than 30 years. Learn how he does it as he draws, cuts, paints and glues the most fabulous cut paper creations ever. He'll talk about this special art form, give a quick demonstration and then follow it up with a cut-paper workshop so kids can craft their own paper masterpiece to take home. Bring your young artists —the ones with big imaginations—for a magical session of storytelling and hands-on cut paper artistry conducted by a master of the craft. Suitable for ages 6+; please arrive on time.
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Young Adult
Saturday 9:30 AM
Program Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Kakapo Rescue: Heartbreak and Hope at the Edge of Survival
On a tiny, windswept island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one of the strangest, most appealing parrots on earth--the giant, flightless, trusting, night-loving kakapo. Join National Geographic contributor and naturalist Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig and Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among the Snow Leopards in Mongolia, on a journey to these parrots' remote sanctuary to engage in the most extensive effort to save an endangered bird in human history. Sy's program, featuring extraordinary photos of the rare birds by Nic Bishop, chronicles the research for Kakapo Rescue, a journey of heartbreak and hope at the edge of survival. The book is part of the award-winning Scientists in the Field Series for readers in grades 4-8, pioneered by the author and photographer team.
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Poetry
Saturday 10:00 AM
Central Congregational Church Social Hall
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Elizabeth Thomas
“From the front of the classroom/they remind me of apples/hanging from a tree,/ready to be picked--/faces smooth, skin crisp./And I feel over-ripe,/fallen to the ground,/rotting in the sun.”
—Elizabeth Thomas’ poem "A Poet Goes to School"
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Nonfiction
Saturday 10:00 AM
The Book Rack
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Gina Barreca reads from Its Not That I’m Bitter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
Get set for the high-energy humor of Gina Barreca! Deemed “the funniest woman writing in America,” Gina Barreca has written or spoken about topics as diverse as revenge, shopping for bathing suits at TJ Maxx, the absurdities of aging, and how men and women communicate differently. Join Gina as she reads from her hilarious book of essays that cover everything from the horrors of chin hair to why the “glass ceiling” is better described as a thick layer of men.
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Fiction
Saturday 10:00 AM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Queen By Right: Anne Easter Smith reads from her upcoming novel
Anne will discuss how she came to write the York family saga in her four books and how they all interact. She will give Festival-goers a sneak preview of the fourth, Queen By Right, the story of Cecily Neville, duchess of York and matriarch of the house of York, set in the first half of the 15th century, which will be published in March 2011.
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Fiction
Saturday 10:30 AM
Old South Church
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Keeping Us In Suspense
How do characters and setting help writers create suspense? What’s the advantage of using a serial sleuth or setting the story in an exotic location to keep the reading coming back for more? Mystery/thriller writers Joanne Dobson and Richard Doetsch discuss how they keep their readers turning pages.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 10:30 AM
Greek Orthodox Church Annunciation
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The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare: A Tale of Forgery and Folly
Doug Stewart's new book tells the remarkable true story of William-Henry Ireland, a 19-year-old apprentice in 1795 London who pretended he'd found an unknown play in Shakespeare's handwriting while rummaging in an old trunk. The play was staged as a Shakespearean premiere before a tumultuous standing-room-only audience at England's grandest theater. Join Marc Clopton, founder of Newburyport's Actors Studio, and long-time Smithsonian contributor Doug Stewart as they discuss the dramatic and improbable story of the Bard's teenaged double, taking us to 18th century London and bringing us face to face with history's most audacious forger.
Presenter: Doug Stewart
Moderator: Mark Clopton
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Fiction
Saturday 10:30 AM
First Religious
Society Unitarian
Universalist Church
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First in Fiction: The First Time Novelist
Writing a novel is challenging. Selling a novel—especially a first novel—is even more daunting. It requires persistence, patience, and a bit of luck. First-time novelists Nancy Mauro (New World Monkeys) and J. Courtney Sullivan (Commencement) read from their work and discuss how their manuscripts went from computer to agent to publisher’s desk. Literary agent Jamie Brenner moderates the session.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 10:30 AM
Firehouse Center
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Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation
Within seven weeks of the President's death, Jacqueline Kennedy received more than 800,000 condolence letters. Two years later, the volume of correspondence would exceed 1.5 million letters. For the next forty-six years, the letters would remain essentially untouched. Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick has selected approximately 250 of these letters to create an extraordinary record of the overwhelming grief of a nation in its time of loss. Join Ellen Fitzpatrick as she reads from these emotional and compelling letters.
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Young Adult
Saturday 10:30 AM
Program Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Playing With Matches
Gregory Maguire is the bestselling author of numerous books including Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror, and The Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, and most recently, A Lion Among Men. Wicked, a fabulously modern classic, is the basis for the popular Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Join Mr. Maguire as he talks about Making Mischief, his book examining the art and imagination of the legendary Maurice Sendak, Matchless, a whimsical fairy tale with a nod to Hans Christian Anderson, and of course, the wonderful Wicked. Maguire has lectured on art, literature and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 11:00 AM
The Book Rack
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Holly Robinson Reads from The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter
From part-time model for her father’s bestselling pet book, How to Raise and Train Pet Gerbils, to full-time employee in the gerbil empire’s complex of prefab Sears buildings, Holly was an enthusiastic if often exasperated companion on her father’s quest to breed the perfect gerbil. Told with heart, humor, and affection, The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter is Holly’s ode to a weird and wonderful upbringing and her truly one-of-a-kind father.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 11:00 AM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
Steve Almond secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. But he is content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession. Join Steve Almond as he reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why depression songs actually make us feel so much better.
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Children
Saturday 11:30 AM
Children’s Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Handmade Books for A Healthy Planet: Wish Scroll
Some books are made to wear! Come join Newburyport artist Susan Gaylord—the creator of beautiful handmade books from recycled products for over two decades--on a cultural journey to Ethiopia. Gaylord will show participants how to make their own Ethiopian scroll in a case, just one of the culturally creative projects offered in her new book, Handmade Books for A Healthy Planet. Fill yours with a wish for our planet and its people; suitable for families with children ages 4 and up.
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Poetry
Saturday 11:30 PM
Central Congregational Church Social Hall
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Afaa Weaver
“...is a poet of angels and demons. His roots are wide and deep, going back to writers of mystical and devotional poetry...and conjoined with the moods (though not the rhythms) of blues...I love the truth and purity in the lines of his poetry.” --Alicia Ostriker
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Poetry
Saturday 1:00 PM
Central Congregational Church Social Hall
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Richard Wilbur
“Wilbur's formidable, seemingly effortless technique has all along been in service to the reader's pleasure. His books brim with poems that will take any preconception by surprise, poems—we realize with sudden joy—that we've had in mind and by heart for years.” – J. D. McClatchy
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Nonfiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
Old South Church
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Frank Schaeffer reads from Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism)
Evangelical and fundamentalist Christians. New Atheists. Whose beliefs are “right”? With such diverse beliefs, is there any opportunity for unity among people of faith and people without faith? Join Frank Schaeffer for an enlightening discussion on these topics, which he examines in his new book, Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism). Frank Schaeffer is the 2010 author-in-residence at Newburyport High School.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
Greek Orthodox Church Annunciation
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Elyssa East reads from Dogtown:
Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
The area known as Dogtown - an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts—has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, eccentrics, and nature lovers. Elyssa East interlaces the story of the 1984 grisly murder of a Gloucester schoolteacher with the strange, dark history of this wilderness ghost town and explores the possibility that certain landscapes wield their own unique power.
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Nonfiction/Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
First Religious
Society Unitarian
Universalist Church
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Books On The Nightstand: A Conversation About Books And Reading
Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness work in the publishing industry by day but are podcasters by night, recording discussions about authors and upcoming must-reads. Join them as they host a “live” podcast discussion about how technology, such as podcasts, are changing the ways that readers discover new books as well as a discussion about book groups, what makes a good book discussion, some of their favorite book club recommendations, and their signature segment Two Books We Can't Wait for You to Read.
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Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
Firehouse Center
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The Resilience of Women
The novels of Mary McGarry Morris often feature women in extreme situations: they’ve witnessed murders, married men they did not love, abandoned their children, hidden shameful secrets and more. How do women respond to and survive these situations? Listen to Mary read from her latest novel, The Last Secret, and discuss this theme of resilience that is central to her work.
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Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
The Book Rack
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Marie Arana reads from Lima Nights
Join Marie Arana as she reads from her beautiful and mournful love story centered around Peru’s social tensions and the far-reaching and life-changing consequences of sexual obsession.
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Young Adult/Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Susanne Dunlap reads from Anastasia’s Secret
The youngest grand duchess in the Russian imperial family comes of age during the revolution. Anastasia has a secret that she keeps from her family, a love that endures through the horrors of war and the privation of imprisonment and deprivation. Susanne Dunlap will read from her young adult novel, reimagining the grand duchess's life from the Jubliee year of 1913 until 1918.
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Children
Saturday 1:00 PM
Children’s Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Orange Peels, Birthdays, and Crazy Cakes
New York Times bestselling author and Massachusetts native Rose Lewis will introduce young readers to her newly released children's book, Orange Peel's Pocket. Children will delight in following Orange Peel on an adventure around the neighborhood to learn more about the place where she was born. What Orange Peel doesn't realize is that along the way people "...secretly slip something into Orange Peel's pocket" that will help her tell her story to her classmates. Lewis is also author of the beloved children's book I Love You Like Crazy Cakes and the award winning Every Year on Your Birthday.
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Children
Saturday 1:00 PM
Program Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Ready to Play: Reading for the Sport of It
Kids are passionate about sports. They dress in their uniforms two hours before a game and their rooms are plastered with pennants and posters. Fred Bowen is the author of 14 sports books for readers ages 7-12 and a sports columnist for The Washington Post. He'll talk about using kids' passion for sports to illustrate how much fun reading can be. Fred will highlight the great dramas, personalities, and life lessons found in sports. Bowen, now a coach himself, had a very happy childhood growing up in Marblehead, Massachusetts and sports were a big part of it. He'll talk about how he's turned his experiences as a kid and as a coach into stories that young ball players read and reread. His latest book - No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season - should be a big hit with Red Sox fans everywhere.
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Children
Saturday 2:00 PM
Children’s Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Surviving Clementine
Sara Pennypacker has lived in Massachusetts all her life and lives here still. She's the talented author of more than 14 books for young readers, including the popular Clementine series for 3rd and 4th graders who can't get enough of a great story. Come meet Sara, hear how she finds inspiration and then puts it into words kids love to read. She'll even give a sneak preview reading from her newest book due out this summer, Clementine, Friend of the Week.
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Young Adult
Saturday 2:00 PM
Program Room
Newburyport Public Library
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Hooked on Classics: A Hip Approach to Old Material
How do we get kids interested in the classics in this age of YouTube, Facebook and visual media? Nancy Butler and Jenny Sawyer have answers. Nancy Butler is the author of the Marvel Comics Pride and Prejudice and the forthcoming Sense and Sensibility. Jenny Sawyer is the host of 60 Second Recap, whose mission is "to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today’s teens." Nancy and Jenny will discuss why they chose their particular media, the process of adaptation, and the reception of their work from teens as well as their parents and school libraries. Moderator Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord credits her education as an English major for her love of the classics and her children for an interest in comics and new media.
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Poetry
Saturday 2:30 PM
Central Congregational Church Social Hall
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Wesley McNair
Praised by Maxine Cumin as "a master craftsman" and by Philip Levine as a poet
with "a profound love and understanding of people and a superb ear," Wesley McNair...
gives us "one of the most individual bodies of work by a poet of his generation."
—David R. Godine
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Nonfiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
The Firehouse Center
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Andre Dubus III reads from Townie
Andre Dubus III, the author of The House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days, reads from his new memoir, Townie, to be published in 2011. Come listen to a preview of Andre’s new work.
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Fiction/Nonfiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
Old South Church
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Getting Hooked on History
Join us for a panel discussion on the challenges and delights of bringing the women of history to life by three writers who approach the subject from different perspectives: Susanne Dunlap (young adult fiction), Anne Easter Smith (adult fiction) and Charlotte Gordon (non-fiction historical biography).
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Nonfiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
The Book Rack
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Sy Montgomery and Birdology
Birds are the wild animals we see every day—yet too often, we take them for granted. In a new book that Booklist calls "radiant, evocative, enlightening and uplifting," author Sy Montgomery attempts to restore our sense of awe in the presence of these common but extraordinary creatures. In this presentation on Birdology, you'll meet the most dangerous bird in the world: the 150-pound, 5 foot-tall, Southern Cassowary. Like a cardinal at nesting time, in its Queensland, Australia habitat, the cassowary sometimes attacks its reflection in a window—but in this, case the bird can break the glass. You'll meet jewel-like hummingbirds who weigh less than a coin, and share the drama of working with a bird rehabilitator who rescues and releases orphaned baby hummingbirds (they hatch from eggs the size of Navy beans and are born small as bumblebees.) The program will be illustrated with vivid images to help you begin to see birds as you have never seen them before.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
First Religious
Society Unitarian
Universalist Church
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Thieves in the Temple
Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul (Basic Books, April 2010) explores a timely, disturbing question: what has become of the Christian church? No longer devoted to forming character among its followers, the contemporary church has let the marketplace take control. Where it once shaped desires, the church now merely satisfies them. Where it once dispensed religious counsel, it now offers up mere therapy. And for this downward slide, all of America is paying a steep price, according to Newburyport author G. Jeffrey MacDonald. An ordained minister and award-winning journalist, MacDonald will discuss with seminarian Drew Carter Hendrickson the pandering trends afoot in congregations from coast to coast – and how religious consumers might save this bedrock institution.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
Greek Orthodox Church Annunciation
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Nancy Carlisle reads from America’s Kitchens
For anyone interested in culinary history, this is the event for you. America's Kitchens tells the story of this vital room from the hearths of New England hearths to the Spanish colonial kitchens of the Southwest to the middle-class open-plan homes of 1950s suburbia. “The book traces technological developments such as the introduction of the cast-iron cookstove, the efficiency of the Hoosier cabinet, and the impact of the frozen food industry to suggest how these innovations have transformed kitchen work and changed women's lives”
—Foodreference,com.
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Fiction
Saturday 2:30 PM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Tara Masih reads from Where the Dog Star Never Glows
Ghosts dance, butterflies swarm, men crystallize, the sun disappears, and water plays a role in both destruction and repair of the soul. Tara Masih reads from her impressive debut collection of stories.
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Poetry
Saturday 2:30 PM
Old South Church, Social Hall
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Youth Poetry Slam
Come one, come all to the Annual Youth Poetry Slam. Poetry Slams were started at a Chicago jazz club by Marc Smith, a construction worker and poet, who wanted to bring poetry to life for contemporary audiences. In these competitive events, poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Each poem must be written by the performer, be less than three minutes, and be performed without any props or costumes. Participants should come prepared with three poems, although we may only go through two rounds. Our SlamMaster, Simone Beaubien, is a decade-plus veteran of the New England poetry scene working as an EMT and hosting the Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge. Young adults ages 14 to 24 are invited to perform, and anyone over 14 is encouraged to attend.
A slam is only as good as its enthusiastic audience!
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Children
Saturday 3:00 PM
Children’s Room
Newburyport
Public Library
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Wild About Books: A Workshop in Clay
Calling all young sculptors: join Newburyport artist and sculptor Ann McCrea for a clay workshop based on Judy Sierra's Wild About Books, the tale of a librarian who mistakenly drives the bookmobile into the zoo. She winds up being asked for joke books from the hyenas, books in Chinese from the pandas, negotiating other wacky requests until finally, the animals decide to build their own library. Bet you can't guess what the beavers contribute? McCrea will lead attending artists with an animal sculpting demonstration, turning them loose afterwards to let creativity—and their own imaginations—take over.
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Young Adult
Saturday 3:00 PM
Program Room
Newburyport Public Library
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Exploring Autism: A Journey of Creativity
How do you write a book about a character who's nothing like you? How do you create a believable male character when you're a female? How do you write about someone in middle school when you are, well, far from it? And finally, how do you find the right words for a main character who is basically non-verbal? The majority of Nora Baskin’s novels for young people are semi-autobiographical but her latest, Anything But Typical (winner of the 2010 ALA Schneider Award) is told from the first person point-of-view of a twelve-year-old autistic boy. Learn what it took to create the plot, the atmosphere, and find a voice for Jason Blake. Join Ms. Baskin as she explores the research and personal journeys involved with writing Anything But Typical.
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Fiction/Poetry
Saturday 4:00 PM
The Book Rack
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Alan Lightman Reads
Physicist, novelist, poet – Alan Lightman brings his many talents to Newburyport. Come listen to Alan read from his international best selling novel, Einstein’s Dreams, and from his recent verse narrative, Song of Two Worlds. “In our hands comes a true gift, a lyric and absorbing journey through the universe and the mind of a man as attuned to its mysteries as to its beauty.” —Roald Hoffmann, Nobel-Prize winning chemist and poet.
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Nonfiction
Saturday 4:00 PM
Jabberwocky
Bookshop,
The Tannery
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Memoir as Epiphany
Join Sven Birkerts, author of eight books including The Art of Time in Memoir and My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time and editor of AGNI Magazine, as he reads from his own memoir pieces. Birkerts discusses memoir as a narrative and the forms a life takes in retrospect.
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Poetry
Saturday 5:00 PM
Firehouse Center
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Polyphony: Poets Read New England
Members of The Powow River Poets have chosen works by 19th and 20th century New England poets to present in a multi-voiced reading. Although some of these poems were written almost two hundred years ago, we don’t need to travel as far in space as in time to visit the places their authors lived—mostly within an easy drive from here.
One of poetry’s chief ingredients is music—the rhythm we hear in our minds as we read it on the page. A poem can provide extra delight when heard aloud. Spoken by more than one reader, it gains yet another dimension.
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Saturday 7:00 PM
The Firehouse Center
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Closing Ceremony Honoring The Writer’s Life
The engaging prose of John P. Marquand, Andre Dubus III, and John Updike as presented by Anita Shreve, Marc Clopton, and Josiah Welch will be juxtaposed with the rich and moving music and poetry of JD Scrimgeour and Philip Swanson. Join us at the Firehouse Center for an evening of music, poetry, and a celebration of The Writer's Life, the theme for this year’s festival. Don’t miss this provocative tribute to writers and readers as we close our fifth annual Newburyport Literary Festival!
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