Events
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2025
AWP Conference, Los Angeles
Friday, Mar 28, 2025
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
(Re)Writing History: Disrupting Mythologies & Reclaiming Real-Life Characters
Nonfiction writers, by definition, reckon with the past. But how can authors research who and what has been under- and misrepresented in history books and scholarship? Using archives, interviews, on-the-ground investigation, and other forms of research, these recently published authors, whose work covers diverse stories and time periods, will discuss how they have recreated lives and times on the page, forging a counternarrative that separates myth from truth, while navigating bias in research.
Speaker(s):
Presenter: Suzanne Cope Moderator: Natasha Zaretsky Presenter: Katie Gee Salisbury Presenter: Laurie Gwen Shapiro Presenter: Michelle Young
Nonfiction Craft & Criticism
Location: Room 403B, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
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2023
Monday, March 13th at the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston, 6pm
Details here: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/63c6b8db1844683155dd8c44
Virtual
6/5/22
In Conversation with Dr. Joe Chuman at the Puffin Foundation, Puffin Cultural Forum
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11/10/21
Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY & Pilsen Books, Chicago, IL
In conversation with Cleo Silvers
*Chosen by The Rumpus as a Notable event
12/7/21
Cafe Con Libros, Brooklyn, NY
In conversation with Brooklyn politician Tremaine Wright
3/1/22
Scripps College Presents, Los Angeles
In conversation with Cleo Silvers
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August 2022
San Francisco Public Library Summer Stride featured event
Boston Area/ Beverly, MA
12/2/21
The Book Shop of Beverly Farms, Beverly, MA
In conversation with Hannah Harlow
New York City
11/3/21
Major Author Reading Series, Manhattan College
3/13/22
Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
In conversation with activist Bev Grant and journalist Linda Villarosa
3/14/22
Museum of Food & Drink, Africa Center
Panel event with: Black Panther Party Member Cleo Silvers; Food Lab Detroit’s Devita Davison; Fuel the People’s Allegra Tommaso
Providence, RI
2/23/22
Troop
In conversation with Providence mayoral candidate Nirva LaFortune