Best-Selling, Oprah Book Club Author/Wisconsin Native Appearing at Mount Mary
Following is a news release from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee:Christina Schwarz
Writers, book clubs and reading fans can meet Wisconsin author up-close with salon-style presentation and author reception
MILWAUKEE (March 21, 2014) – As part of its ongoing Writers on Writing series, Mount Mary University’s Master of Arts in English program is bringing bestselling author and Wisconsin native Christina Schwarz to campus on Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m., Helfaer Hall, 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee.
“We’re so pleased to give Milwaukee area writers and readers the chance to meet a nationally-recognized author in an engaging, personal setting,” stated Ann Angel, Chair of Mount Mary’s Graduate English Program. “We especially look forward to giving book clubs the opportunity to submit questions in advance and have their photograph taken with the author,” she added.
Schwarz will read from her latest book, The Edge of the Earth (Atria Books), discuss her life, approach to writing and how she generates ideas. She’ll also participate in a salon-style interview, answer audience questions and discuss her other works. Schwarz’s previous novels include Drowning Ruth, a New York Times bestseller and Oprah book club selection, and All Is Vanity, a black comedy about writing.
Publisher’s Weekly describes The Edge of the Earth as “impressive” and the New York Times praised the book’s “skillful storytelling.” The novel begins in the late 1890’s and follows a young woman as she makes unexpected decisions that lead her across the country to a remote lighthouse on the wild California coast where she uncovers a life-changing secret.
Schwarz grew up in Pewaukee, earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from Yale, and now lives in southern California.
A reception featuring desserts and a wine and beer cash bar, as well as a book-signing with the author, will take place before and after the presentation. Book clubs that submit author questions in advance will have an opportunity to have their photo taken with the author.
The event is free and open to the public but space is limited. To reserve a space, or submit your book club’s question, contact Karen Murray, murrayk@mtmary.edu or 414-258-4810, ext. 395.
For More Information:
Susan Shimshak, 414-256-1221
Mount Mary University, founded in 1913 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, was Wisconsin’s first four-year, degree-granting Catholic institution for women. Located on an 80-acre campus in Milwaukee, the University offers more than 30 undergraduate majors for women and eight graduate programs for women and men. Mount Mary also emphasizes study abroad, service learning, and social justice initiatives. Its nearly 1500 students enjoy small class sizes (average 14) and over 90 percent of full-time students receive financial aid or scholarships. Through academic offerings, research opportunities, access to real life industry experience, and community service, Mount Mary develops individuals to be leaders in their professions and their communities, serving as role models to inspire achievement in others. Visit Mount Mary at www.mtmary.edu.
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New Publisher for Young Artists, Writers
The following is posted on behalf of Milwaukee teacher, writer, editor Marisa Wall Riepenhoff. What a great new entry into the publishing world!
Poetry, drawings, short stories, paintings, essays, photography, scripts, prints, haiku, comic art, reviews, rants, interviews, memoirs, satires or any other creative work can be submitted. We are looking for work that will help us see Milwaukee in entirely new ways through your eyes.
A few important details:
*Anyone between the ages of 13 and 18 in the Greater Milwaukee area is welcome to submit original work and will be considered for publication.
* The student organizer/editor of this project will design and publish a chapbook of the work this spring.
*More information can be found on hiddencolorpress.com or by emailing hiddencolorpress@gmail.com.
Writers Event on July 15 in Bay View
Project Empty Space in Milwaukee and the Bay View Writers Group will be hosting a free event for writers on Sunday, July 15, from 1p.m.-5 p.m. at Bay View’s Alchemist Theatre, 2569 S. Kinnickinnic.
The program includes a panel on editors vs. writers and sessions on tax write-offs, non-fiction book proposals, promoting digital books, flash fiction and pitching and querying.
More info is at http://projectemptyspace.wordpress.com/alchemy-for-writers/
To register, go to http://www.alchemisttheatre.com/index.cfm?fuse=viewShow&showId=172
Don’t forget to visit the Council for Wisconsin Writers website at www.wiswriters.org.
CWW Award Namesake Makes National Scene
Council for Wisconsin Writers board member and past-Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn Taylor’s ears picked up on Saturday when she heard and passed along that “our very own Christopher Latham Sholes is profiled on Garrison Keillor’s daily poetry column today.”
Keillor, in his “The Writer’s Almanac”, which airs on a number of public radio stations including Wisconsin Public Radio, noted that “The typewriter was patented on this date in 1868, by Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sholes was a newspaperman, and he was driven to invention out of necessity: His printers went on strike. He and two colleagues set out to invent a machine to print letters on paper.” You can read the rest of the story at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2012/06/23 after scrolling past–or after reading–the lovely poem, “When I Am Among The Trees” by Mary Oliver.
CWW’s Christopher Latham Sholes Award recognizes Wisconsin residents for outstanding encouragement and support of Wisconsin writers.
How nice that our award namesake made the national scene via Keillor’s “Almanac.” Thanks, Garrison!
Please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org
Winning Excerpts on CWW Website
For a preview of the literary delights awaiting those who attend the Council for Wisconsin Writers Annual Awards Luncheon on May 12, excerpts of some of the readings are posted on the CWW website. Here are a few of links:
http://www.wiswriters.org/posnerex2011.pdf