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Michigan City, Indiana
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Writing Out Loud
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By the end of 2008, more than 112 nationally known writers and poets had appeared at the library, including Joyce Carol Oates, Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Madhubuti, Jane Hamilton, Catherine Ryan Hyde and Andrew Greeley.  Writing Out Loud continues to attract the literary world's finest authors.


Writing Out Loud is celebrating 25th Anniversary season in 2009 with some unique speakers. You won't want to miss a single one!


All programs will be held at the Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth Street, Michigan City. Call 219-873-3049 for more information.

 

candace fleming.jpg (4268990 bytes)Candace Fleming, Saturday, September 12, 7:30pm–Candace awarded herself the Newbery Medal in fifth grade after scraping the gold sticker off the class copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond and pasting it onto her first novel–a ten page, ten chapter mystery called Who Done It? She’s been collecting awards herself ever since. Today, Candace is a versatile and acclaimed author of more than twenty books for children and young adults including Muncha, Muncha, Muncha and Boxes for Katje. Plus, she was born in Michigan City and went to Marsh Elementary school until she was in the third grade!

 

Brad Meltzer PhotoBrad Meltzer, Saturday, October 3, 7:30pm– Brad Meltzer is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The Zero Game. His newest novel is The Book of Lies. Meltzer also was one of the co-creators of the TV show, Jack & Bobby– about two young brothers, one of whom will one day grow up to be President. He is the author of the critically acclaimed comic book, Identity Crisis, a murder mystery featuring Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. He’s been featured on The Today Show, and in major publications including Time, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, and dozens of newspapers across the country.

 

Curtis Crisler PhotoCurtis Crisler, Saturday, October 17, 7:30pm –Curtis Crisler is a Cave Canem Fellow at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. His book Tough Boy Sonatas was published in 2007 and is also on Recorded Books. It is an Eliot Rosewater 2008-09 award winner and winner of the Eric Hoffer Award. Crisler has been published in Crab Orchard Review, Reverie, The Amistad, and anthologies such as Our Common Suffering: Anthology of Poets in Memoriam 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora, Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami, and The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. Crisler is a recipient of an Indiana Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Project Grant, an artist at Soul Mountain Retreat, an artist at SAAW, and an artist for Words on the Go. His work has appeared in such literary journals as The Fourth River and Black Arts Quarterly. His chapbook, Burnt Offerings of a City, won the Kathryn Young Chapbook Award. His new book, Pulling Scabs, is due out later this year.

Harry Mark Petrakis, Saturday, 
November 7, 7:30pm
– Harry Mark Petrakis returns to the library 25 years after being the first ever Writing Out Loud guest. At 86, he still is writing. His most recent books include, The Shepherds of Shadows (2008) and The Hour of the Bell (2008). He has written a screenplay, over 20 novels and for magazines including Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Bazaar, Saturday Evening Post. He has also written for newspapers including The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. He is currently a freelance writer making his home in the Indiana Dunes.

All programs will be held at the the Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth Street, Michigan City. Call 219-873-3049 for more information.


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