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.
February 3, 2020
Christopher Torockio
is the author of Floating Holidays, a novel, and of two collections of stories, most recently The Truth at Daybreak. His short fiction has appeared in The Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, Willow Springs, and many other publications. He teaches at Eastern Connecticut State University. 
TBD
March 2, 2020
Sonya Huber
is the author of five books, including Opa Nobody, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir, and the essay collection on chronic pain, Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, and other outlets. She teaches at Fairfield University and in the Fairfield low-residency MFA program. 
Claudia McGee
has dealt in and with words for decades as a software technical writer, information architect, newspaper columnist, freelance editor, eBook producer, poet, essayist, and fiction writer. Claudia's chapbook of poems, Paperlight, was published by Finishing Line Press. While her technical writing has been translated into six languages and distributed across Europe, South America, and Japan, now that she is retired, she trying to make sure her science fiction, memoir, and poems read properly in American English. |
Elephant Rock Books is cosponsoring the Connecticut Literary Festival! More info at connecticutliteraryfestival.org.
Debut novel from Roar Series Curator
Jotham Burrello. Available Summer 2020. |
April 6, 2020
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Mary Collins
worked for twenty years as a freelance writer and editor in Washington, D.C. for a range of clients, including National Geographic andSmithsonian. She also taught part-time at John Hopkins before returning to her native Connecticut in 2007 for a tenured position at Central Connecticut State University. There, she teaches narrative nonfiction and has previously served as the director of the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development. She has published three adult nonfiction books and five young adult nonfiction books, has worked as an artist-in-residence for the National Park Service, and has written many award-winning essays. |
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.
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.
May 4, 2018
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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
is a poet and visual artist. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, DMQ Review, Tule Review, THINK Journal, Naugatuck River Review, and elsewhere. He is also the author and illustrator of Text, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life (TarcherPerigee). |
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Sebastian Stockman
is an associate teaching professor in the English Department at Northeastern University, where he also directs the writing minor. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe, as well as The Millions, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Georgia Review. His essays have been notable selections in The Best American Essays and The Best American Sports Writing collections.
is an associate teaching professor in the English Department at Northeastern University, where he also directs the writing minor. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe, as well as The Millions, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Georgia Review. His essays have been notable selections in The Best American Essays and The Best American Sports Writing collections.
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