Fever) and noted short story writer SAMANTHA HUNT( The Dark Dark) discuss fantasy and suspense in short stories with local author ALICE ELLIOTT DARK. |
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2:45-3:45 P. M. ALTERNATE SIDE: ANNA QUINDLEN IN CONVERSATION • Renowned novelist and journalist ANNA QUINDLEN makes Montclair the first stop on her national tour to talk about her new novel Alternate Side with local author DEBORAH DAVIS. Tickets: $ 40, includes a copy of Alternate Side. |
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4-5 P. M. THE INSIDER’ S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED • Join local best-selling author CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE( Orphan Train), Little Brown publisher REAGANARTHUR and NICHOLAS DELBANCO, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, and former chair of the National Book Awards Fiction Panel. Tickets: $ 30. |
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4-5 P. M. ROCK’ N’ ROLL LIVES • THAD ZIOLKOWSKI leads a conversation on writing about rock icons with JOE HAGAN( Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine), DAVID YAFFE( Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell), WARRENZANES( Tom Petty, The Biography), and DEBORAH DAVIS, who is co-writing Tina Turner’ s memoir My Love Story. |
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QUINDLEN
SATURDAY, MARCH 17 11 A. M.-12P. M. WHY WE WRITE • JILLIAN MEDOFF( This Could Hurt), JONATHAN SANTLOFER( The Widower’ s Notebook), MIRANDA BEVERLY- WHITTEMORE( June) and MARCY DERMANSKY( The Red Car) talk with bestselling local author NANCY STAR( Sisters One, Two, Three). 12:15 P. M.-1:15 P. M. HOW TO WRITE ONE TRUE
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SMITH
SENTENCE • Montclair luminaries D. T. MAX( Every Love Story is a Ghost Story), GARTH RISK HALLBERG( City on Fire) and MATTHEW THOMAS( We are Not Ourselves) discuss the craft of writing with CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE( Orphan Train).
12:15-1:15 P. M. ENGAGE, RAGE OR BOTH?
• Cartoonists from the New Yorker and several other publications share work inspired by our current president. With R. SIKORYAK, EMILY FLAKE and LAUREN WEINSTEIN. Moderated by local graphic artist KEVIN PYLE. Montclair Public Library Auditorium, 50 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair.
1:30-2:30 P. M. STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN FICTION • MIN JIN LEE, author of National Book Award finalist Pachinko, shares thoughts on writing about immigrant and transnational experiences with DAGMARA DOMINCZYK( A Lullaby of Polish Girls), NICOLE DENNIS BENN( Here Comes the Sun) and WENA POON( Chang’ an, Cafe Jauze). Moderated by National Book Critics Circle President KATE TUTTLE.
1:30-2:30 P. M. THE DARK SIDE OF THE SHORT STORY
• Bestselling crime writer MEGAN ABBOTT( The
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5:15-6:15 P. M. TRUMP’ S WAR WITH THE MEDIA
• Author and political commentator JONATHAN ALTER reviews the Trump presidency’ s efforts to define political reality with DAVID CAY JOHNSTON,( It’ s Even Worse than you Think: What theTrump Administration is Doing to America), New York Times op-ed columnist ANDREW ROSENTHAL, New York DailyNews editorial writer ROBERT GEORGE, and ERIC BOEHLERT( Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet changed Politics and the Press).
6:30-7:30 P. M. SEX, SCHOOLS AND SUBURBIA
• TOM PERROTTA and PATRICK WILSON talk with DAGMARADOMINCZYK. Tickets:$ 50, includes a copy of Perrotta’ s latest novel, Mrs. Fletcher.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Writing workshops will be held throughout the morning and early afternoon at 11 Pine St., first floor, in Montclair
5-6 P. M. PATTI SMITH: TALK & PERFORMANCE
• Renowned artist and author PATTISMITH talks with guitarist, composer, and writer LENNY KAYE, and reads from her latest book, Devotion( Why I Write). They will also play music written during their enduring collaboration. Tickets: $ 35, includes a copy of Devotion( Why I Write). ■
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SMITH: COURTESY OF STEVEN SEBRING; QUINDLEN: COURTESY OF MARIA KROVATIN |
18 SPRING 2018 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE |