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Joe Fox

Cambridge, MA
I am working on a memoir about a son's muddled relationship with his Irish immigrant father -- a lifelong barman at the fabled Algonquin Hotel -- and how he came to know him through the lens of a cocktail glass.
Friday, April 6
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSonya Larson • Min Jin Lee

10:15am EDT

1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal White Hill Room - 4th FloorTanya McKinnon • Michelle Seaton

11:45am EDT

2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform White Hill Room - 4th FloorFauzia Burke

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3F: Imagining the Gaps in Memoir: How to Write a Story When the Story Runs Out Stuart Room - 4th FloorAlex Marzano-Lesnevich • Caitlin McGill

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion Cambridge Room - 4th FloorEmily X.R. Pan

5:00pm EDT

Lit Lounge TBA
 
Saturday, April 7
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: "Appropriation: Uh-oh, No-no, or #Appropro?" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineCeleste Ng • Peter Ho Davies

10:30am EDT

5J: The Fine Art of InvestigationFULL Tremont Room - 4th FloorMichael Blanding

12:45pm EDT

6K: The Nonfiction Narrator Tremont Room - 4th FloorAlex Marzano-Lesnevich

2:45pm EDT

7B: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a CrockFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

4:15pm EDT

8I: Rage Is a Red Lesson: How to Turn Anger into Charged Prose Charles River Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

5:15pm EDT

Lit Lounge TBA

7:00pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelSari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Ron MacLean • Quressa Robinson • Michelle Seaton • Rob Spillman
 
Sunday, April 8
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9H: Structure, Risk, and Meaning in Memoir Cambridge Room - 4th FloorAlex Marzano-Lesnevich

11:30am EDT

10C: Essentials of Backstory and Flashback in FictionFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorTim Weed

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Selling Out Without Selling Out” Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSorche Fairbank • Steve Almond • Jenna Blum • Alexander Chee • Mitchell Zuckoff