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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Talk\, Reading and Q&A with Liz Moore
DESCRIPTION:*Rescheduled for October 12th at 5:00 pm*\nLogin here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. This event will be held virtually (via Zoom).\n\nThe evening's schedule is as follows:\n\nIntroduction of the author by MFA student Marne Litfin\nLiz will deliver a craft lecture titled\, \"Setting as Character: Building an Immersive World in Fiction.\"\nIntermission\nReading\nA conversation with MFA student Kemi Falodun and an audience Q&A\n\nLiz Moore is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing (Fiction) in Temple University’s MFA program and the author of four novels. Her most recent novel\, the *New York Times*-and internationally bestselling *Long Bright River* (Riverhead)\, was also a Good Morning America Book Club Pick\, the inaugural pick for the *New York Times’s* monthly “Group Text” column\; and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020. \n\nHer other novels include *The Words of Every Song* (Random House\, 2007)\; Heft (W.W. Norton\, 2012)\; and *The Unseen World *(W.W. Norton\, 2016). Moore's short fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in venues such as *Tin House\, The New York Times*\, and *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. After winning a 2014 Rome Prize in Literature\, she spent 2014-15 at the American Academy in Rome. Moore’s books have appeared on the “Best of the Year” lists of venues such as *The New Yorker*\, NPR\, Goodreads\, and *The Washington Post*. Her novels have been published in more than twenty-five foreign territories to date. \n\nHer next novel is forthcoming from Riverhead in 2024\, and a limited series adaptation of *Long Bright River\,* co-written by Moore\, is currently greenlit for production by Peacock. Moore lives with her family in Philadelphia.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/108948
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Creative Writing,Culture,Discussion,English Language And Literature,Free,Lecture,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA
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