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Rose Dorothea Award Reading and Reception, Friday, September 19 6:00 PM. The Rose Dorothea Award will be presented to The Provincetown Independent, represented by Teresa Parker, Publisher, and Edward Miller, Founder and Editor. ticket
FreeReading Local : A Reading by Regional Writers. Saturday, September 20, 9:30 AM A reading by local writers, curated by Alejandro Varela, author of two books of fiction and the forthcoming novel, "Middle Spoon." He will choose 5 outstanding writers from the Cape Cod region to read from their work. ticket
FreeSense of Place: Cape Cod Writers, Saturday, September 20 10:30 AM. Cynthia Blakeley, Dennis Minsky, and Judith Stiles will read from their works -- a memoir, essays, and a novel, all very much informed by their setting on Cape Cod. ticket
FreeColors, Places, History, Identity, Saturday, September 20, 1:00 PM. Imani Perry, "Black in Blues," Joseph Lee, "Nothing More of This Land," Moderator: Cleyvis Natera, "The Grand Paloma Resort." Both Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee and Black Harvard professor Imani Perry have written directly and indirectly about their own lives and their heritage as people of color. Here they talk about blending personal experience with history and reportage in their books. ticket
FreeHombrecitos and Girls with Balls. Saturday, September 20, 2:30 PM Benedict Nguyen, "Hot Girls with Balls," Santiago Sanchez, Interviewer. Queer Columbian writer Sanchez (author of "Hombrecito,") interviews dancer/producer/writer Benedict Nguyen (she, her) about her debut novel: a hilarious satire of professional sports, men, trans-women, romance, and more! Come prepared to laugh. ticket
FreeFlashes of Life: Essays as Memoir, Saturday, September 20, 4:00 PM. Edgar Gomez, "Alligator Tears." Mako Yoshikawa, "Secrets of the Sun." Two authors of critically acclaimed non-fiction talk about writing essays – about mothers, fathers, family history, adult life – and how the sum of those moments and memories somehow turned into memoirs. ticket
FreeTeacher and Student: Learning From Each Other. Saturday, September 20, 6:00 PM. Alexander Chee, "How to Write an Autobiographical Novel," Lucas Schaefer, "The Slip." Renowned novelist and essayist Chee is also a writing teacher. Debut novelist Lucas Schaefer was one of his students. Here they talk about what students learn from teachers, what teachers learn from students, and what writers learn from each other. ticket
FreeIs the Past Present? Historical Fiction and Identity. Sunday, September 21, 10:00 AM. Essie Chambers, "Swift River," Xochitl Gonzalez, "Anita De Monte Laughs Last," Elizabeth Gonzalez James "The Bullet Swallower," Cleyvis Natera, Moderator. From an 1895 Western, to a 1984 art history mystery, to several generations of Black women in the 20th century, three wonderful historical novelists talk about how the past informs the present. ticket
FreeMagic, Dreams, and Identity in Fiction. Sunday, September 21, 11:30 AM. Ruben Reyes, Archive of Unknown Universes Lisa Williamson Rosenberg, Mirror Me. Speculative…genre-bending…magical realist…. All of these terms apply to these two authors, who use these techniques to explore issues of cultural and psychological identity. But all you really need to know is these are fascinating novels and the authors have a lot to talk about! ticket
FreeQueer Creatures: Poets in Conversation. Sunday, September 21, 2:30 PM. Elizabeth Bradfield, "SOFAR," Miller Oberman," Impossible Things." These two wonderful poets celebrate queerness and relationships in their poems; and in addition they are inspired by “the more-than-human world.” From her many voyages, Elizabeth Bradfield knows the ocean and its creatures well, whereas Miller Oberman uses natural images from his suburban childhood and urban life. ticket
FreeActivism Now: What Would Urvashi Do? Sunday, September 21, 4:00 PM. Amy Hoffman and Jyotsna Vaid, editors, "The Dream of a Common Movement" by Urvashi Vaid. What can WE do to create change? The editors of Urvashi’s last book, along with other local and national activists, try to determine what comes next, using Urvashi’s wisdom to give us direction in a seemingly impossible political climate. ticket
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