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Pen on Fire Speakers Series

March 24

Lido Village Books
Newport Beach

An Evening with memoirist James Brown

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Writers on Writing

Wednesdays at 9am PT on KUCI 88.9 FM and streaming worldwide More »

Upcoming Guests

• January 22: Marrie interviews Annalee Newitz, The Future of Another Timeline and Julie Zuckerman,The Book of Jeremiah
• January 29: Barbara talks with literary agent Rayhane Sanders
• February 5: Marrie interviews Alexander Weinstein, Universal Love and William Wheeler, State of War: MS13 and El Salvador’s World of Violence
• February 12: Barbara talks with novelist Etaf Rum, A Woman is No Man, and Jenny Offill, Weather
• February 19: Marrie interviews Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X
  
• February 26: Barbara interviews memoirists Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game, and Christina Adams, Camel Crazy
• March 4: Marrie interviews Colum McCann, Apeirogon
• March 25: Barbara talks with poet Jane Hirshfield, Ledger

Barbara's Writing Classes

Private Workshops • Group Instruction • Online Classes