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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Tatjana Soli
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged. \nTatjana Soli is a novelist and short story writer. Her bestselling debut novel\, The Lotus Eaters  won the James Tait Black Prize\, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2010\, and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her second book\, The Forgetting Tree\, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2012. Her third novel\, The Last Good Paradise\, was a Millions Most Anticipated Book for 2015. Her stories have appeared in Zyzzyva\, Boulevard\, and The Sun. Her work has been twice listed in the 100 Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories.   \nSoli will hand in the final draft of her forthcoming novel\, The Removes\, to Farrar\, Straus & Giroux on October 2 for a publication date of June 2018. She will spend her September residency making the last tweaks to the manuscript. \nFREE copies of The Last Good Paradise are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event! 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-tatjana-soli/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Tatjana Soli
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged. \nTatjana Soli is a novelist and short story writer. Her bestselling debut novel\, The Lotus Eaters  won the James Tait Black Prize\, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2010\, and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her second book\, The Forgetting Tree\, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2012. Her third novel\, The Last Good Paradise\, was a Millions Most Anticipated Book for 2015. Her stories have appeared in Zyzzyva\, Boulevard\, and The Sun. Her work has been twice listed in the 100 Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories.   \nSoli will hand in the final draft of her forthcoming novel\, The Removes\, to Farrar\, Straus & Giroux on October 2 for a publication date of June 2018. She will spend her September residency making the last tweaks to the manuscript. \nFREE copies of The Last Good Paradise are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event! 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-tatjana-soli-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Chigozie Obioma
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged. \nChigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer from Akure\, Nigeria. The Fishermen (Little\, Brown\, 2015)\, his debut novel won numerous awards\, including the FT/Oppenheimer Awards and an NAACP Image Awards\, and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book award. The novel has been translated in 26 languages and is being adapted into a stage play. He lives in Lincoln\, Nebraska where he is a professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  \nFREE copies of The Fishermen are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event! 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-chigozie-obioma-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Chigozie Obioma
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged. \nChigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer from Akure\, Nigeria. The Fishermen (Little\, Brown\, 2015)\, his debut novel won numerous awards\, including the FT/Oppenheimer Awards and an NAACP Image Awards\, and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book award. The novel has been translated in 26 languages and is being adapted into a stage play. He lives in Lincoln\, Nebraska where he is a professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  \nFREE copies of The Fishermen are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event! 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-chigozie-obioma/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Grant Faulkner
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged.Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the cofounder of 100 Word Story. His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines\, including The Southwest Review\, 14 Hills\, Green Mountains Review\, and Puerto del Sol. His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times\, Poets & Writers Magazine\, Writer’s Digest\, and The Writer. He recently published a collection of one hundred 100-word stories\, Fissures\, two of which are included in The Best Small Fictions 2016. His book of essays on creativity\, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in the fall of 2017. \nFREE copies of Fissures are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-grant-faulkner-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Grant Faulkner
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged.Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the cofounder of 100 Word Story. His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines\, including The Southwest Review\, 14 Hills\, Green Mountains Review\, and Puerto del Sol. His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times\, Poets & Writers Magazine\, Writer’s Digest\, and The Writer. He recently published a collection of one hundred 100-word stories\, Fissures\, two of which are included in The Best Small Fictions 2016. His book of essays on creativity\, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in the fall of 2017. \nFREE copies of Fissures are available through our Catch & Release program. Pick up a copy from the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Building at the beginning of the month. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and come meet the author at their public event!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-grant-faulkner/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Lija Fisher
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged.Lija Fisher was born in Istanbul\, Turkey and raised in the mountains of Colorado. She received her B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from the University of Colorado\, Boulder and has performed on stages across California\, Colorado\, New York and Alaska. She has lived in London\, LA\, and NYC but currently calls Colorado home. The first book in her debut middle grade series Clivo Wren and the Fall of the Phoenix will be published by Farrar\, Straus and Giroux in 2018. \nCatch & Release books are not available for this event.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-lija-fisher-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence: Lija Fisher
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. While these events are free and open to the public\, donations at the door are encouraged.Lija Fisher was born in Istanbul\, Turkey and raised in the mountains of Colorado. She received her B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from the University of Colorado\, Boulder and has performed on stages across California\, Colorado\, New York and Alaska. She has lived in London\, LA\, and NYC but currently calls Colorado home. The first book in her debut middle grade series Clivo Wren and the Fall of the Phoenix will be published by Farrar\, Straus and Giroux in 2018. \nCatch & Release books are not available for this event.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-lija-fisher/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writers in Residence: Lesley Nneka Arimah
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. Free and open to the public. \nLesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer living in Minneapolis. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, GRANTA\, and other publications. She is a recipient of a Commonwealth Short Story Prize and her work has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation and other organizations.  What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky\, a short story collection\, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books in 2017. \n*Private reception for National Council and Aspen Writers’ Network members to follow. Contact Nicole Stanton with questions or to RSVP.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writers-residence-lesley-nneka-arimah/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writers in Residence: Lesley Nneka Arimah
DESCRIPTION:DOORS OPEN AT 5PM — Arrive early to purchase drinks or food so as not to disrupt the author talk. Free and open to the public. \nLesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer living in Minneapolis. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, GRANTA\, and other publications. She is a recipient of a Commonwealth Short Story Prize and her work has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation and other organizations.  What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky\, a short story collection\, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books in 2017. \n*Private reception for National Council and Aspen Writers’ Network members to follow. Contact Nicole Stanton with questions or to RSVP.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writers-residence-lesley-nneka-arimah-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence Event: Tom Bouman
DESCRIPTION:TOM BOUMAN is a former book editor and musician who lives with his wife and daughter in Pennsylvania\, where he studies law. He is the author of the novel Dry Bones in the Valley\, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and an Edgar Allan Poe Award.  \nResidency plans: “Dry Bones in the Valley is the first novel in the Henry Farrell series of mysteries set in rural Pennsylvania. I have two more in the series under contract\, and with any luck I’ll be working on the third book by the time I arrive in Aspen. I may take that month to get reacquainted with short fiction as well.” \nCATCH & RELEASE BOOKSFree copies of Dry Bones in the Valley will be available in advance of the event in an effort to familiarize the community with his work. Starting June 1\, stop by the Red Brick Building in Aspen or the Woody Creek Community Center to pick up your free copy. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and join us on June 14!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-event-tom-bouman/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence Event: Tom Bouman
DESCRIPTION:TOM BOUMAN is a former book editor and musician who lives with his wife and daughter in Pennsylvania\, where he studies law. He is the author of the novel Dry Bones in the Valley\, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and an Edgar Allan Poe Award.  \nResidency plans: “Dry Bones in the Valley is the first novel in the Henry Farrell series of mysteries set in rural Pennsylvania. I have two more in the series under contract\, and with any luck I’ll be working on the third book by the time I arrive in Aspen. I may take that month to get reacquainted with short fiction as well.” \nCATCH & RELEASE BOOKSFree copies of Dry Bones in the Valley will be available in advance of the event in an effort to familiarize the community with his work. Starting June 1\, stop by the Red Brick Building in Aspen or the Woody Creek Community Center to pick up your free copy. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and join us on June 14!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-event-tom-bouman-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence Event: Sunil Yapa
DESCRIPTION:Writer in Residence Sunil Yapa will read and discuss his novel\, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist\, one of the most talked-about debuts of 2016.BIO \nSunil Yapa is the author of Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist\, a debut novel\, which was named Most Anticipated Book of the Year for 2016 in the Wall Street Journal\, Entertainment Weekly\, TIME\, Huffington Post\, The Chicago Tribune\, and BuzzFeed\, among other publications. He received an MFA in Fiction from Hunter College in New York City in 2010\, where he worked with two-time Booker Prize winning author Peter Carey\, and the 2009 National Book Award winner (Let the Great World Spin) Colum McCann. While at Hunter Sunil was also awarded the Alumni Scholarship & Welfare Fund Fellowship\, which is given to one fiction student every three years\, and was twice selected as a Hertog Fellow\, working as a research assistant for Zadie Smith (Changing My Mind)\, as well as Ben Marcus (The Flame Alphabet). \nHe is the recipient of the 2010 Asian American Short Story Award\, sponsored byHyphen Magazine and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York\, and has received scholarships to The New York State Summer Writers’ Institute\, The Norman Mailer Writers’ Center in Provincetown and The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.  \nThe biracial son of a Sri Lankan father and a mother from Montana\, Yapa has lived around the world\, including time living in Greece\, Guatemala\, Chile\, Argentina\, China\, and India\, as well as\, London\, Montreal\, and New York City. \nCATCH & RELEASE BOOKSFree copies of Sunil’s book will be available in advance of the event in an effort to familiarize the community with his work. Starting the week of May 9\, stop by the Red Brick Building in Aspen or the Woody Creek Community Center to pick up your free copy. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and join us on May 17!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-event-sunil-yapa-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Writer in Residence Event: Sunil Yapa
DESCRIPTION:Writer in Residence Sunil Yapa will read and discuss his novel\, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist\, one of the most talked-about debuts of 2016.BIO \nSunil Yapa is the author of Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist\, a debut novel\, which was named Most Anticipated Book of the Year for 2016 in the Wall Street Journal\, Entertainment Weekly\, TIME\, Huffington Post\, The Chicago Tribune\, and BuzzFeed\, among other publications. He received an MFA in Fiction from Hunter College in New York City in 2010\, where he worked with two-time Booker Prize winning author Peter Carey\, and the 2009 National Book Award winner (Let the Great World Spin) Colum McCann. While at Hunter Sunil was also awarded the Alumni Scholarship & Welfare Fund Fellowship\, which is given to one fiction student every three years\, and was twice selected as a Hertog Fellow\, working as a research assistant for Zadie Smith (Changing My Mind)\, as well as Ben Marcus (The Flame Alphabet). \nHe is the recipient of the 2010 Asian American Short Story Award\, sponsored byHyphen Magazine and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York\, and has received scholarships to The New York State Summer Writers’ Institute\, The Norman Mailer Writers’ Center in Provincetown and The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.  \nThe biracial son of a Sri Lankan father and a mother from Montana\, Yapa has lived around the world\, including time living in Greece\, Guatemala\, Chile\, Argentina\, China\, and India\, as well as\, London\, Montreal\, and New York City. \nCATCH & RELEASE BOOKSFree copies of Sunil’s book will be available in advance of the event in an effort to familiarize the community with his work. Starting the week of May 9\, stop by the Red Brick Building in Aspen or the Woody Creek Community Center to pick up your free copy. Read it\, pass it along to a friend\, and join us on May 17!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writer-residence-event-sunil-yapa/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Reading & Talk with Marcia Butler
DESCRIPTION:Marcia Butler’s life has been driven by creativity. For 25 years she performed throughout the world as a professional oboist. She was hailed by the New York Times as “a first rate artist” and performed and recorded with such luminaries as pianist Andre Watts\, soprano Dawn Upshaw and jazz great Keith Jarrett. In 2002 Marcia switched careers and began her interior design firm\, Marcia Butler Interior Design. She has served well over 100 clients in twelve years and her design work has been published in shelter magazines. Now as an author\, her memoir The Skin Above My Knee was recently sold to Little\, Brown and Company\, with a release date of January 2017. She has published numerous personal essays in journals and online literary sites and is currently working on a novel. Marcia participated in Richard Russo’s Fiction workshop at Aspen Summer Words 2015 and lives in New York City. \nFree event\, open to the public.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/reading-talk-with-marcia-butler/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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SUMMARY:Reading & Talk with Marcia Butler
DESCRIPTION:Marcia Butler’s life has been driven by creativity. For 25 years she performed throughout the world as a professional oboist. She was hailed by the New York Times as “a first rate artist” and performed and recorded with such luminaries as pianist Andre Watts\, soprano Dawn Upshaw and jazz great Keith Jarrett. In 2002 Marcia switched careers and began her interior design firm\, Marcia Butler Interior Design. She has served well over 100 clients in twelve years and her design work has been published in shelter magazines. Now as an author\, her memoir The Skin Above My Knee was recently sold to Little\, Brown and Company\, with a release date of January 2017. She has published numerous personal essays in journals and online literary sites and is currently working on a novel. Marcia participated in Richard Russo’s Fiction workshop at Aspen Summer Words 2015 and lives in New York City. \nFree event\, open to the public.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/reading-talk-with-marcia-butler-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Writers in Residence
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