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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Adam Gopnik
DESCRIPTION:Adam Gopnik has been writing for the New Yorker since 1986. During his tenure at the magazine\, he has contributed fiction\, humor\, book reviews\, profiles\, and reporting from abroad. He was the magazine’s Art Critic from 1987-1995\, and the Paris Correspondent from 1995-2000. From 2000-2005\, he wrote a journal about New York life\, and since then has been working as a miscellaneous essayist. His books\, ranging from essay collections about Paris and food to children’s novels\, include Paris to the Moon\, The King in the Window\, Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York\, Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin\, Lincoln\, and Modern Life\, The Table Comes First: Family\, France\, and the Meaning of Food\, and Winter: Five Windows on the Season. Gopnik has won the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism three times\, and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. In 2013\, he was awarded the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Gopnik lives in New York.  \n\nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-adam-gopnik/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Adam Gopnik
DESCRIPTION:Adam Gopnik has been writing for the New Yorker since 1986. During his tenure at the magazine\, he has contributed fiction\, humor\, book reviews\, profiles\, and reporting from abroad. He was the magazine’s Art Critic from 1987-1995\, and the Paris Correspondent from 1995-2000. From 2000-2005\, he wrote a journal about New York life\, and since then has been working as a miscellaneous essayist. His books\, ranging from essay collections about Paris and food to children’s novels\, include Paris to the Moon\, The King in the Window\, Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York\, Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin\, Lincoln\, and Modern Life\, The Table Comes First: Family\, France\, and the Meaning of Food\, and Winter: Five Windows on the Season. Gopnik has won the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism three times\, and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. In 2013\, he was awarded the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Gopnik lives in New York.  \n\nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-adam-gopnik-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170228T180000
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Yaa Gyasi in conversation with Farah Griffin
DESCRIPTION:Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville\, Alabama. Her debut novel\, Homegoing\, was published in 2016 and was called “an inspiration” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It was nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and is a finalist for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Gyasi was recently named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35\,” which recognizes debut fiction writers whose work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Berkeley\, California. \nGyasi will be interviewed by Farah Griffin\, an author and professor of English\, Comparative Literature\, and African American Studies at Columbia University. Their discussion will focus on Homegoing\, its significance in today’s cultural and political landscape\, as well as the story behind the debut novelist’s breakout success. \nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-yaa-gyasi/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Yaa Gyasi in conversation with Farah Griffin
DESCRIPTION:Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville\, Alabama. Her debut novel\, Homegoing\, was published in 2016 and was called “an inspiration” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It was nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and is a finalist for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Gyasi was recently named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35\,” which recognizes debut fiction writers whose work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Berkeley\, California. \nGyasi will be interviewed by Farah Griffin\, an author and professor of English\, Comparative Literature\, and African American Studies at Columbia University. Their discussion will focus on Homegoing\, its significance in today’s cultural and political landscape\, as well as the story behind the debut novelist’s breakout success. \nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-yaa-gyasi-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Kevin Fedarko + Pete McBride
DESCRIPTION:This event is now sold out. Limited tickets may be available at the door on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThis conversation will focus on the role that storytelling can play in protecting the Grand Canyon\, the crown jewel of America’s national parks system. \nKevin Fedarko has written for Esquire\, National Geographic\, the New York Times\, and other publications. He studied at Columbia University and Oxford before joining the staff at Time\, where he served on the foreign affairs desk\, then later worked as a senior editor at Outside. His first book\, The Emerald Mile\, which was a New York Times bestseller\, won the National Outdoor Book Award and the Reading the West Award\, and was a finalist for both the PEN Literary Sports Writing Award and the Banff Mountain Book Award. Fedarko lives and works in Flagstaff. \nNative Coloradan Pete McBride is a self-taught\, award-winning photographer\, writer\, and filmmaker. He has traveled on assignment to over 75 countries for the National Geographic Society\, Smithsonian\, The Nature Conservancy\, Microsoft\, Outside\, Esquire\, and many others. After a decade working abroad and completing a Knight Fellowship for journalism at Stanford University\, McBride began documenting the Colorado River\, culminating in a book and three award-winning short documentaries. His work as a photographer\, writer\, and filmmaker has garnered awards from the Banff Mountain Film Festival and the North American Society of Journalists\, and he was named a “Freshwater Hero” by the National Geographic Society. For his latest project\, he hiked over 700 miles along the Grand Canyon’s interior rim\, documenting the development challenges threatening the National Park. The story will be published on various platforms through National Geographic and PBS in 2016/17. \nWW INFO \nA membership reception will follow this event. All Aspen Words members will receive an invitation by email. If you would like to RSVP\, or did not receive your invitation\, please contact aspenwords@aspeninstitute.org or call 970-925-3122. 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-kevin-fedarko-pete-mcbride/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Kevin Fedarko + Pete McBride
DESCRIPTION:This event is now sold out. Limited tickets may be available at the door on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThis conversation will focus on the role that storytelling can play in protecting the Grand Canyon\, the crown jewel of America’s national parks system. \nKevin Fedarko has written for Esquire\, National Geographic\, the New York Times\, and other publications. He studied at Columbia University and Oxford before joining the staff at Time\, where he served on the foreign affairs desk\, then later worked as a senior editor at Outside. His first book\, The Emerald Mile\, which was a New York Times bestseller\, won the National Outdoor Book Award and the Reading the West Award\, and was a finalist for both the PEN Literary Sports Writing Award and the Banff Mountain Book Award. Fedarko lives and works in Flagstaff. \nNative Coloradan Pete McBride is a self-taught\, award-winning photographer\, writer\, and filmmaker. He has traveled on assignment to over 75 countries for the National Geographic Society\, Smithsonian\, The Nature Conservancy\, Microsoft\, Outside\, Esquire\, and many others. After a decade working abroad and completing a Knight Fellowship for journalism at Stanford University\, McBride began documenting the Colorado River\, culminating in a book and three award-winning short documentaries. His work as a photographer\, writer\, and filmmaker has garnered awards from the Banff Mountain Film Festival and the North American Society of Journalists\, and he was named a “Freshwater Hero” by the National Geographic Society. For his latest project\, he hiked over 700 miles along the Grand Canyon’s interior rim\, documenting the development challenges threatening the National Park. The story will be published on various platforms through National Geographic and PBS in 2016/17. \nWW INFO \nA membership reception will follow this event. All Aspen Words members will receive an invitation by email. If you would like to RSVP\, or did not receive your invitation\, please contact aspenwords@aspeninstitute.org or call 970-925-3122. 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-kevin-fedarko-pete-mcbride-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Azar Nafisi
DESCRIPTION:Azar Nafisi is the author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books\, a harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her students. The book was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Memoir and was named one of the “100 Best Books of the Decade” by The Times (London). It has spent over 117 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated in 32 languages. Nafisi’s most recent book\, The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books\, discusses the vital role of fiction in the United States today. Azar Nafisi is currently a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC\, where she was a professor of aesthetics\, culture\, and literature\, and taught courses on the relation between culture and politics\, as well as was Director of The Dialogue Project & Cultural Conversations. She has lectured and written extensively in English and Persian on the political implications of literature and culture\, as well as the human rights of Iranian women and girls. \nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-azar-nafisi/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Azar Nafisi
DESCRIPTION:Azar Nafisi is the author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books\, a harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her students. The book was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Memoir and was named one of the “100 Best Books of the Decade” by The Times (London). It has spent over 117 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated in 32 languages. Nafisi’s most recent book\, The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books\, discusses the vital role of fiction in the United States today. Azar Nafisi is currently a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC\, where she was a professor of aesthetics\, culture\, and literature\, and taught courses on the relation between culture and politics\, as well as was Director of The Dialogue Project & Cultural Conversations. She has lectured and written extensively in English and Persian on the political implications of literature and culture\, as well as the human rights of Iranian women and girls. \nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-azar-nafisi-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Sandra Cisneros
DESCRIPTION:Sandra Cisneros’ works include two highly acclaimed novels\, a short story collection\, two poetry collections\, and an adult picture book. The first female Mexican-American writer to be published by a mainstream publisher\, Cisneros’ debut novel The House on Mango Street won the American Book Award\, has sold more than six million copies\, and is considered a literary classic. Her most recent book is A House of My Own—a richly illustrated compilation of true stories that span three decades of her life. She is the recipient of numerous awards\, including National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships\, the Lannan Literary Award\, the Thomas Wolfe Prize\, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Cisneros is the founder of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral and Macondo Foundations\, which serve creative writers. She lives in Mexico. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets\nAW MEMBER PARTY TO FOLLOW THE PAEPCKE EVENTWith special guest Sandra CisnerosRSVP to Jamie KravitzBecome a member
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-sandra-cisneros-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Sandra Cisneros
DESCRIPTION:Sandra Cisneros’ works include two highly acclaimed novels\, a short story collection\, two poetry collections\, and an adult picture book. The first female Mexican-American writer to be published by a mainstream publisher\, Cisneros’ debut novel The House on Mango Street won the American Book Award\, has sold more than six million copies\, and is considered a literary classic. Her most recent book is A House of My Own—a richly illustrated compilation of true stories that span three decades of her life. She is the recipient of numerous awards\, including National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships\, the Lannan Literary Award\, the Thomas Wolfe Prize\, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Cisneros is the founder of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral and Macondo Foundations\, which serve creative writers. She lives in Mexico. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets\nAW MEMBER PARTY TO FOLLOW THE PAEPCKE EVENTWith special guest Sandra CisnerosRSVP to Jamie KravitzBecome a member
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-sandra-cisneros/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160315T180000
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Geraldine Brooks + Tony Horwitz
DESCRIPTION:Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novelist. Her most recent book\, The Secret Chord\, is based on the life of King David\, and was published to great critical acclaim in October 2015. Brooks’ first novel\, Year of Wonders was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 25 languages. It is in development to become a film starring Andrew Lincoln. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for March\, which examines Little Women from a different point of view. Her other novels\, Caleb’s Crossing and People of the Book were New York Times bestsellers\, and she is the author of three nonfiction works: Nine Parts of Desire\, Foreign Correspondence\, and The Idea of Home. Earlier in her writing career\, Brooks covered crises in the Middle East\, Africa\, and the Balkans for the Wall Street Journal. In 1990\, with her husband Tony Horwitz\, she won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War.  \n Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of several bestsellers. He worked for many years as a newspaper reporter\, covering wars and conflicts overseas as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. After returning to the U.S.\, he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about working conditions in low-wage America. His books include the national and New York Times bestsellers\, Confederates in the Attic\, Blue Latitudes\, Baghdad Without a Map\, and A Voyage Long and Strange. His latest book\, Midnight Rising\, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2011; one of the year’s ten best books by Library Journal; and won the 2012 William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography. In 1990\, with his wife Geraldine Brooks\, he won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War. Horwitz has also been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University\, and a visiting scholar at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-geraldine-brooks-tony-horwitz-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Geraldine Brooks + Tony Horwitz
DESCRIPTION:Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novelist. Her most recent book\, The Secret Chord\, is based on the life of King David\, and was published to great critical acclaim in October 2015. Brooks’ first novel\, Year of Wonders was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 25 languages. It is in development to become a film starring Andrew Lincoln. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for March\, which examines Little Women from a different point of view. Her other novels\, Caleb’s Crossing and People of the Book were New York Times bestsellers\, and she is the author of three nonfiction works: Nine Parts of Desire\, Foreign Correspondence\, and The Idea of Home. Earlier in her writing career\, Brooks covered crises in the Middle East\, Africa\, and the Balkans for the Wall Street Journal. In 1990\, with her husband Tony Horwitz\, she won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War.  \n Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of several bestsellers. He worked for many years as a newspaper reporter\, covering wars and conflicts overseas as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. After returning to the U.S.\, he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about working conditions in low-wage America. His books include the national and New York Times bestsellers\, Confederates in the Attic\, Blue Latitudes\, Baghdad Without a Map\, and A Voyage Long and Strange. His latest book\, Midnight Rising\, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2011; one of the year’s ten best books by Library Journal; and won the 2012 William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography. In 1990\, with his wife Geraldine Brooks\, he won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War. Horwitz has also been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University\, and a visiting scholar at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-geraldine-brooks-tony-horwitz/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Adam Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Adam Johnson is the author of the novel The Orphan Master’s Son\, and most recently\, a collection of short stories titled Fortune Smiles\, winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction. The Orphan Master’s Son won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, and the California Book Award\, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen publications and spent almost a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. Johnson’s other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Whiting Writers’ Award\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, and a Stegner Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. His previous books are Emporium\, a short story collection\, and the novel Parasites Like Us. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-adam-johnson-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Adam Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Adam Johnson is the author of the novel The Orphan Master’s Son\, and most recently\, a collection of short stories titled Fortune Smiles\, winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction. The Orphan Master’s Son won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, and the California Book Award\, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen publications and spent almost a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. Johnson’s other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Whiting Writers’ Award\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, and a Stegner Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. His previous books are Emporium\, a short story collection\, and the novel Parasites Like Us. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-adam-johnson/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160127T180000
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Alison Bechdel + Beth Malone
DESCRIPTION:Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is the creator of the long-running comic strip\, Dykes to Watch Out For. She has published two graphic memoirs. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is about her childhood in an artistic family and her relationship with her father\, and has been developed into a Broadway musical starring Beth Malone. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama explores her relationship with her mother through the lens of psychoanalytic theory. She is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur fellowship. \nIn conversation with Tony-nominated Fun Home star Beth Malone \nBeth Malone starred in the 2015 Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home\, based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir.  Raised in Castle Rock\, Colorado\, Malone spent much of her 20’s in Aspen\, where she was a Crystal Palace dinner theater staffer and performed at Theatre Aspen. After leaving Aspen\, she completed a graduate degree with the drama department at UC Irvine and settled in Los Angeles. Malone spent much of 2014 at The Denver Center\, starring as Molly Brown in the world premiere of a wholly reimagined version of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Other original Broadway and Off Broadway credits include June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire\, Betty Jean in The Marvelous Wonderettes\, and Alison in Bingo!. Regional theatre appearances include 9 to 5\, The Break Up Notebook\, Annie Get Your Gun\, Les Miserables\, and the world premiere of Sister Act. Malone has been part of Fun Home through most of its formative stages and was nominated for the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Alison Bechdel. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-alison-bechdel-beth-malone/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Alison Bechdel + Beth Malone
DESCRIPTION:Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is the creator of the long-running comic strip\, Dykes to Watch Out For. She has published two graphic memoirs. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is about her childhood in an artistic family and her relationship with her father\, and has been developed into a Broadway musical starring Beth Malone. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama explores her relationship with her mother through the lens of psychoanalytic theory. She is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur fellowship. \nIn conversation with Tony-nominated Fun Home star Beth Malone \nBeth Malone starred in the 2015 Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home\, based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir.  Raised in Castle Rock\, Colorado\, Malone spent much of her 20’s in Aspen\, where she was a Crystal Palace dinner theater staffer and performed at Theatre Aspen. After leaving Aspen\, she completed a graduate degree with the drama department at UC Irvine and settled in Los Angeles. Malone spent much of 2014 at The Denver Center\, starring as Molly Brown in the world premiere of a wholly reimagined version of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Other original Broadway and Off Broadway credits include June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire\, Betty Jean in The Marvelous Wonderettes\, and Alison in Bingo!. Regional theatre appearances include 9 to 5\, The Break Up Notebook\, Annie Get Your Gun\, Les Miserables\, and the world premiere of Sister Act. Malone has been part of Fun Home through most of its formative stages and was nominated for the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Alison Bechdel. \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 InfoPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-alison-bechdel-beth-malone-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160112T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T074144
CREATED:20151023T180051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151023T180051Z
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Juan Felipe Herrera
DESCRIPTION:Juan Felipe Herrera is the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States (2015-2016) and is the first Latino to hold the position. From 2012-2014\, Herrera served as California State Poet Laureate. Herrera’s many collections of poetry include Notes on the Assemblage; Senegal Taxi; Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems\, a recipient of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Border: Undocuments 1971-2007. He is also the author of Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse\, which received the Americas Award. His books of prose for children include: SkateFate\, Calling The Doves\, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award; Upside Down Boy\, which was adapted into a musical for young audiences in New York City; and Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box. Herrera is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.  \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 Info Purchase Tickets\nAW MEMBER PARTY TO FOLLOW THE PAEPCKE EVENT With special guest Juan Felipe Herrera \nSponsored by Aspen Peak magazineIn partnership with English in Action Gonzo Gallery | 7:30pm RSVP to Jamie KravitzBecome a member
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-juan-felipe-herrera/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160112T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T074144
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LAST-MODIFIED:20151023T180051Z
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SUMMARY:WINTER WORDS - Juan Felipe Herrera
DESCRIPTION:Juan Felipe Herrera is the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States (2015-2016) and is the first Latino to hold the position. From 2012-2014\, Herrera served as California State Poet Laureate. Herrera’s many collections of poetry include Notes on the Assemblage; Senegal Taxi; Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems\, a recipient of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Border: Undocuments 1971-2007. He is also the author of Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse\, which received the Americas Award. His books of prose for children include: SkateFate\, Calling The Doves\, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award; Upside Down Boy\, which was adapted into a musical for young audiences in New York City; and Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box. Herrera is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.  \nThe reading and talk will be followed by a Q+A and book signing. Explore Booksellers will have books for purchase at the event. \nWinter Words 2016 Info Purchase Tickets\nAW MEMBER PARTY TO FOLLOW THE PAEPCKE EVENT With special guest Juan Felipe Herrera \nSponsored by Aspen Peak magazineIn partnership with English in Action Gonzo Gallery | 7:30pm RSVP to Jamie KravitzBecome a member
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/winter-words-juan-felipe-herrera-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Winter Words
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