1. WOMEN WRITING THEIR LIVES: A CONVERSATION WITH TWO MEMOIR WRITERS
June 5, Books Inc., 1760 Fourth Street Berkeley, CA, 7:00 pm.
(510-525-7777)
Join two award-winning memoir writers as they read from and discuss their new books and talk about their personal writing journeys. They will touch on themes and messages in memoir, the sometimes-difficult decisions that must be made, and answer questions about their writing process.
Judith Newton, Professor Emerita, UC Davis, Women and Gender Studies
Author of Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen (She Writes Press)
Linda Joy Myers, Founder and President of the National Association of Memoir Writers
Author of Don’t Call Me Mother (She Writes Press)
2. ROOTS, bloghers’ NEW ANTHOLOGY OF FOOD WRITING, COMING IN JUNE . Includes material from Tasting Home. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17938134-roots
I am inspired by this listing of authors. I will be following through with locating and reading of some these books. So sorry I cannot make the reading May 2. Visited Judith Newton’s blog. Very interesting!
Dear Marva, Sorry you can’t make it but thanks for dropping by!