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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Chelsea Bieker
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\n\nChelsea Bieker is the California Book Award winning author of three books\, most recently the national bestselling novel\, *Madwoman*\, a Book of the Month club pick *the New York Times* calls “brilliant in its depiction of the long shadows cast by domestic violence.” Named a best book of the year by NPR\, Oprah\, and Elle\, *Madwoman* was a finalist for the WILLA Literary Award and was longlisted for the Aspen Words Prize. Her first novel\, *Godshot*\, was longlisted for The Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize and named a Barnes & Noble Pick of the Month. Her story collection\, *Heartbroke* won the California Book Award and was a *New York Times* Best Book of the year. Her writing has been anthologized in *Notes to New Mothers*\, and has appeared in *The Paris Review Daily\, McSweeney’s\, Marie Claire UK\, People\, The Cut\, Wall Street Journal\, No Tokens*\, and others. She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award and an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship\, as well as residencies from MacDowell and Tin House. \n\nRaised in Hawai’i and California\, she now lives in Portland\, Oregon with her husband and two children where she is the co-creator of The Fountain with the writer Kimberly King Parsons\, writes about creative practice at her substack\, Make Up Your Life\, and is at work on a new novel.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor).\nFor Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor). All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:151007-21910713@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151007
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
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