Join us on the first Monday of every month at 7PM at the UConn B&N in Downtown Storrs.
Hang out, listen to some riveting stories, and meet us for a drink at Geno's afterwards.
Hang out, listen to some riveting stories, and meet us for a drink at Geno's afterwards.
|
Fall 2019 season!
September 9th, 2019
Mika Taylor
has appeared in Granta, Ninth Letter, The Kenyon Review, Tin House, and others. She was the recipient of the 2015-2016 Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin and earned an MFA from the University of Arizona. 
Ken Cormier
is the author of Balance Act and The Tragedy in My Neighborhood. He has released three collections of original music, and he also makes radio fiction and documentary pieces, many of which have aired on public radio affiliates around the U.S. and on the BBC. He directs the creative writing program at Quinnipiac University. 
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura
is a Colombian-born poet, translator, and educator. She was the 2014 John K. Walsh Residency Fellow at The Anderson Center, the 2014 Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellow at Ragdale, and a 2013 Robert Pinsky Global Fellow. Luisa holds an MFA from Boston University. A former attorney, Luisa left the legal profession to pursue her passion for writing. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her poems appear in The Cincinnati Review, Sunken Garden Poetry 1992-2011, Mid-American Review, Nashville Review, Jelly Bucket, Connecticut Review, Connecticut River Review and elsewhere. Special Tuesday Roar
|
Elephant Rock Books is cosponsoring the Connecticut Literary Festival! More info at connecticutliteraryfestival.org.
"DiStefano's character development is outstanding. . . . VERDICT: Both literary and sensational."
--Beth McIntyre, School Library Journal |
November 4th, 2019
Special 80s Night Event!
Edmond Chibeau
is a performance writer. He believes we are Microchip Aboriginals living in the Ur civilization of the Digital Age. His work has been published in The Nation, Multicultural Review, New England Theatre Journal, The World, and elsewhere. His work has been performed at the Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Hall, the Knitting Factory, The Ear Inn, Real Art Ways, and elsewhere. He teaches scriptwriting at Eastern Connecticut State University.
is a performance writer. He believes we are Microchip Aboriginals living in the Ur civilization of the Digital Age. His work has been published in The Nation, Multicultural Review, New England Theatre Journal, The World, and elsewhere. His work has been performed at the Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Hall, the Knitting Factory, The Ear Inn, Real Art Ways, and elsewhere. He teaches scriptwriting at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Christine Kalafus's
essays have appeared in The Woven Tale Press, The Writer in the World, and PAGE Arts Journal. "I Hear You Make Cakes," performed at Laugh Boston, was selected by The Moth for its podcast. Blueprint for Daylight is Christine's memoir-in-progress. It's a story of survival: from her husband's affair, a cancer diagnosis, twins, and the water in her basement - all determined to swallow her whole.
essays have appeared in The Woven Tale Press, The Writer in the World, and PAGE Arts Journal. "I Hear You Make Cakes," performed at Laugh Boston, was selected by The Moth for its podcast. Blueprint for Daylight is Christine's memoir-in-progress. It's a story of survival: from her husband's affair, a cancer diagnosis, twins, and the water in her basement - all determined to swallow her whole.
Margaret Plaganis
is a visual artist, writer, and educator. As a Connecticut master teaching artist, Margaret received grants to pilot creative arts programs which forged strong commitments to learning art and academic skills. Her collaborations with elementary and middle school educators in Hartford, along with her work with Very Special Arts CT and with the Yale School of Medicine, put her on a path to sixteen years teaching special education and visual arts in the Hartford Public Schools. She currently serves on the board of Hartford Performs. An exhibition of Margaret's sculpture and fabric was at Prosser Library in Bloomfield during February and March 2018, and her books of poetry can be viewed online in the Brooklyn Art Library digital collection: https://www.sketchbookproject.com/libraries.
is a visual artist, writer, and educator. As a Connecticut master teaching artist, Margaret received grants to pilot creative arts programs which forged strong commitments to learning art and academic skills. Her collaborations with elementary and middle school educators in Hartford, along with her work with Very Special Arts CT and with the Yale School of Medicine, put her on a path to sixteen years teaching special education and visual arts in the Hartford Public Schools. She currently serves on the board of Hartford Performs. An exhibition of Margaret's sculpture and fabric was at Prosser Library in Bloomfield during February and March 2018, and her books of poetry can be viewed online in the Brooklyn Art Library digital collection: https://www.sketchbookproject.com/libraries.
Kathryn Fitzpatrick
is a prose reader for the Adroit Journal, the former head editor of The Helix Magazine, and a bank teller. Her work, described as “biting, brutally honest, and inappropriate,” by her high school principal, has been published in Out Magazine, Unbroken Journal, and Gravel, among others. She is currently co-editing an anthology for Woodhall Press called Flash Nonfiction Food and lives in Thomaston, CT.
is a prose reader for the Adroit Journal, the former head editor of The Helix Magazine, and a bank teller. Her work, described as “biting, brutally honest, and inappropriate,” by her high school principal, has been published in Out Magazine, Unbroken Journal, and Gravel, among others. She is currently co-editing an anthology for Woodhall Press called Flash Nonfiction Food and lives in Thomaston, CT.
Pegi Deitz Shea
is a two-time award winner of the Connecticut Book Award and the author of more than 400 published articles, essays, and poems for adult readers. Her works for young readers frequently focus on human rights issues, while her poetry for adults has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Ireland of the Welcomes, The Examined Life Journal, and others. She teaches in UConn's creative writing program. Toying with the term "phoetry," she also exhibits her photography and poems together. She founded and directs Poetry Rocks!, a quarterly reading series in Vernon, CT.
is a two-time award winner of the Connecticut Book Award and the author of more than 400 published articles, essays, and poems for adult readers. Her works for young readers frequently focus on human rights issues, while her poetry for adults has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Ireland of the Welcomes, The Examined Life Journal, and others. She teaches in UConn's creative writing program. Toying with the term "phoetry," she also exhibits her photography and poems together. She founded and directs Poetry Rocks!, a quarterly reading series in Vernon, CT.
Jonathan Andersen
has recently completed Rage for Me, his first young adult novel, and Augur, his second full-length collection of poetry. He is the author of Stomp and Sing (Curbstone Press, 2005) and the editor of the anthology Seeds of Fire: Contemporary Poetry from the Other U.S.A. (Smokestack Books-UK, 2008). His poems have appeared in many periodicals, including The Cafe Review, Connecticut Review, Counterpunch, Exposition Review, Freshwater, The Progressive, and Rattle, among others. He also has work forthcoming in The Chiron Review, Common Ground Review, and The Worcester Review. A professor of English at Quinebaug Valley Community College, he lives in Storrs with his wife, fellow writer and educator Denise Abercrombie, and their two sons Kit and Miles.
has recently completed Rage for Me, his first young adult novel, and Augur, his second full-length collection of poetry. He is the author of Stomp and Sing (Curbstone Press, 2005) and the editor of the anthology Seeds of Fire: Contemporary Poetry from the Other U.S.A. (Smokestack Books-UK, 2008). His poems have appeared in many periodicals, including The Cafe Review, Connecticut Review, Counterpunch, Exposition Review, Freshwater, The Progressive, and Rattle, among others. He also has work forthcoming in The Chiron Review, Common Ground Review, and The Worcester Review. A professor of English at Quinebaug Valley Community College, he lives in Storrs with his wife, fellow writer and educator Denise Abercrombie, and their two sons Kit and Miles.
December 2nd, 2019
Emily Lyon
received her MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. She's looking for a home for her first novel, an account of an American woman living in Tel Aviv during the Second Intifada. She taught creative writing for a couple of years, but she now runs a record shop (recordsthegoodkind.com) and works as a flight attendant. She writes about flying in the first person.
received her MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. She's looking for a home for her first novel, an account of an American woman living in Tel Aviv during the Second Intifada. She taught creative writing for a couple of years, but she now runs a record shop (recordsthegoodkind.com) and works as a flight attendant. She writes about flying in the first person.
Raouf Mama
is a Faculty Row Super Professor and a Distinguished Professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the only one in the world today who tells folktales from his native Benin in English, French, Yoruba, and Fon. He is the author of five books: Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin; Pearls of Wisdom; The Barefoot Book of Tropical Tales; Why Monkeys Live in Trees, winner of the 2008 National Multicultural Children's Book Award; and Fortune's Favored Child, a memoir. He will be reading from his forthcoming e-book It Was a Beautiful Day and Other Personal Quiet Miracle Stories.
is a Faculty Row Super Professor and a Distinguished Professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the only one in the world today who tells folktales from his native Benin in English, French, Yoruba, and Fon. He is the author of five books: Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin; Pearls of Wisdom; The Barefoot Book of Tropical Tales; Why Monkeys Live in Trees, winner of the 2008 National Multicultural Children's Book Award; and Fortune's Favored Child, a memoir. He will be reading from his forthcoming e-book It Was a Beautiful Day and Other Personal Quiet Miracle Stories.
Marco Rafalà
is a first-generation Sicilian American novelist, musician, and writer for award-winning tabletop role-playing games. He earned his MFA in Fiction from The New School and is a cocurator of the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in New York City. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. How Fires End is his debut novel. For more information, visit www.marcorafala.com.
is a first-generation Sicilian American novelist, musician, and writer for award-winning tabletop role-playing games. He earned his MFA in Fiction from The New School and is a cocurator of the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in New York City. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. How Fires End is his debut novel. For more information, visit www.marcorafala.com.
Don't forget to submit your one-sentence story!
|
Elephant Rock Books: Stories You Won't Forget
Contact us at elephantrockbooks@gmail.com if you're interested in participating in a reading. |
