Writers in the Attic
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Writers in the Attic is the talk radio show and podcast sponsored by Connecticut Review. Each month Meredith Ferrand hosts a lively collage of fiction writers, poets, artists, and academics. It's smart radio for smart people! |
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| Fall 2006 | A compilation of the fall 2006 edition of Connecticut Review including poetry, fiction, and essays. Check out our new longer format. | |
There's no place like home--poems and short stories from current and future Connecticut Review contributors addressing the idea of home and exile. |
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| June 2006 | Fabulous Poetry Mix! A number of our present and future contributors read their poetry. If you love poetry--this is the show for you! | |
| May 2006 | The special section of the Spring 2006 issue of Connecticut Review is devoted to trauma studies and trauma theory. With that in mind, we have two writers whose work speaks to the trauma of the Holocaust and the inherited trauma of a Holocaust survivor. First Erma Odrach reads her translation of her grandfather's short story set in post-WWII Europe enttiled, "The Chosen Ones." Then Natalie Freidman reads her theoretical essay on the nature of inherited trauma as the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor entitled "Inherited Trauma: A Member of the Third Generation Speaks." | |
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Just in time for spring training! Mike Pernal reads from his short story Memories of a Perfect Game published in the Fall 1998 issue of Connecticut Review. Then, Ray MacKenzie reads from his forthcoming short story A Lock of Christina Rosetti's Hair. Finally, in honor of tax season, François Rabelais' incorrigible debtor from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Panurge, gives us his perspective on debtors, lending and borrowing. | |
| March 2006 | Novelist and Early American Literature scholar Abigail Davis reads from her upcoming edition of Prisoners of Niagara an early 19th century picaresque captivity narrative by Jesse Holman. Then, Native American scholar Meredith James gives her perspective on "reverse captivity narratives." | |
| February 2006 | British Poet Oz Hardwick discusses process, procrastination, and predilections as he reads from his forthcoming book of poetry Carrying Fire by bluechrome press and from his 2004 poetry collection The Kind Ghosts. | |
| January 2006 | William Stanley Merwin discusses his book The Mays of Ventadorn in an interview published in the Spring 2005 issue of Connecticut Review. | |
| December 2005 | C.J. Golden reads from her book The Tao of the Defiant Woman and Lydia Peterson reads from her translation of The Life of Elisabeth of Spalbeek, the first translation of this text from Latin in to English . | |
| November 2005 | Sonia Cinron-Marrero reads The Scrumptious Spanish Tortilla and Michele Boskovic reads "Thanksgiving in France" from French Connections | |
| October 2005 | Vangella Buchanan reads a short essay entitled "Spirit Dancer" and Meredith Ferrand reads a memoir of the Russian city of St. Petersburg entitled "Travels East" published in the Spring 2005 issue of Connecticut Review | |
| May 2005 | The Writers in the Attic Players give a staged reading of Francisco Nieva's play Little Red Riding Hood Part II | |
| April 2005 | Barbara Liu discusses rhetorical strategies in The Confessions of Saint Augustine | |
| March 2005 | Oz Hardwick, British poet, photographer, and all around medieval studies Renaissance man, discusses his latest book of poetry The Kind Ghosts | |
| February 2005 | Wally Lamb discusses his upcoming novel The Hour I First Believed. Lamb is a nationally honored teacher, critically acclaimed writer and best selling author. His work includes the #1 New York Times bestseller, She's Come Undone (Pocket Books; 1992) which also hit USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly and other national bestseller lists; published fiction and non-fiction in The Missouri Review, Allure, USA Weekend, Northeast, The New York Times Magazine, and editor of the poetry collection, Always Begin Where You Are (McGraw Hill; 1979). His second book, I Know This Much Is True (ReganBooks), was released in June 1998. |
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