Every writer is a bit of a ham. I love to read my own work – to groups of any size, on occasions when selling books is encouraged and on occasions when it is not allowed, I love to read in auditoriums, hotel lobbies, living rooms, and bars.
Appearances:
| Temple Beth-El Google Map |
January 21 | 1:00pm | Springfield, MA |
| Heinz Panel at Association of Writing Programs Panel Google Map |
March 2 | 9:00am | Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL |
| Book signing at Lookout
Books at AWP Google Map |
March 2 | 12:00pm | Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL |
| Women of a Certain Age Panel (AWP) Google Map |
March 9 | 9:00am | Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL |
| Purdue University Google Map |
March 27 | TBA | West Lafayette, IN |
| Newton Library Google Map |
March 31 | 6:30pm | |
| North Carolina Tour | April 16-20 | North Carolina | |
| North Carolina Tour: Davidson College
Google Map |
April 17 | TBA | North Carolina |
| Wallant Award Ceremony Google Map |
April 23 | 7:00pm | Hartford, CN |
| Newburyport Festival Google Map |
April 27-28 | Newburyport, MA | |
| South End Library Google Map |
May 1 | 6:30pm | Boston, MA |
| York Public Library Google Map |
July 10 | 7:00pm | York, ME |
| St. John’s College Google Map |
April 2012 | Santa F, NM | |
T0 encourage other hams I’ve run several reading series in which both emerging and established writers have read from their works. Introducing these writers – which involves reading their current and past work, and thinking about their talents and their places in literature – is, in that tired but honest phrase, a Great Pleasure. A more melancholy pleasure is talking in public about writers who have died.
As part of this continuing engagement with my colleagues, and as an opportunity to read books I might otherwise overlook, I do book reviews.
Finally, I like to discuss the craft of writing from a podium or as part of a panel. The subjects I’ve talked about and would be glad to talk about again include: resemblances between short fiction and short non-fiction; Writing as an Amateur Sport; the Superiority of the typewriter over the computer; Taking the Time to be Brief. I think the rules of grammar and syntax – following them, choosing among them, flouting them – are essential to good writing, and that writers should understand and employ rhetorical devices; but nobody has yet asked me to talk on this topic.
Edith Pearlman is available for readings, introductions, book reviews, lectures, and panels.