Event
Seven Secrets to The Perfect Personal Essay: Book Talk
Join us Sunday, January 19, at 6 pm for an evening of readings and conversation with author Nancy Slonim Aronie to celebrate the launch of her new book, Seven Secrets to the Perfect Personal Essay: Crafting the Story Only You Can Write.
Nancy will be joined by fellow writers who will each share their own personal essays:
TONY SHALHOUB (UPDATE: Tony will not be able to attend the event on Sunday 1/19.)
GLENN BERGENFIELD
KATE TAYLOR
JULIA KIDD
BRAD HAMERMESH
TERRY MCGUIRE
LINDA PEARCE PRESTLEY
GERRY YUKEVICH
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$35 General Admission (includes purchase of the book; books will be distributed the night of the event by our bookstore partner, River Bend Bookshop.)
If you’re planning to attend as a couple or household and do not want to purchase multiple copies of the book, we can offer you a $10 admission for the 2nd person.
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Nancy Slonim Aronie is the author of Writing from the Heart; Finding the Power of your Inner Voice (Hyperion). She has been a commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and was a Visiting Writer at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Aronie wrote a monthly column in McCall’s magazine and was the recipient of the Eye of The Beholder Artist in Residence Award at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Nancy was recognized for excellence in teaching for all three years she taught with Robert Coles at Harvard University.
She is the founder of The Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard and teaches Jumpstart your Memoir; Write it from the Heart at Esalen, Kripalu, Omega Institute, Open Center in NYC and Blue Spirit in Costa Rica.
Her column, From The Heart, appears biweekly in The Martha’s Vineyard Times. She is the author of WRITING FROM THE HEART, FINDING YOUR INNER VOICE, (HYPERION) MEMOIR AS MEDICINE: The Healing Power of Writing Your Messy, Imperfect, Unruly (but gorgeously yours) Life Story, (New World Library) and THE PERFECT PERSONAL ESSAY: Crafting The Story Only YOU Can Write.
