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Friday, October 27 • 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The Book Revue: An Author Variety Show

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Have you ever hankered to hear a football-playing astronaut read his own poetry? Or dreamed of learning to draw from a prize-winning illustrator? Come let our talented authors perform and entertain you at this literary variety show featuring music, monologues, and more! You'll see acts from poet and performer Krysten Hill, actress and author Marianne Leone, former NFL player and astronaut Leland Melvin, Guggenheim fellow and artist Eileen Myles, illustrator and native Mainer Chris Van Dusen, and other special guests. You won't want to miss this one-night-only special event, hosted by Love Letters advice columnist and entertainment reporter Meredith Goldstein. The Book Revue is made possible by the Boston Globe.


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Meredith Goldstein

Meredith Goldstein covers entertainment and writes the advice column Love Letters for the Boston Globe. Her daily dispatch of comfort for the lovelorn turns nine in January, and inspired the memoir/essay collection, Can't Help Myself: Lessons and Confessions of a Modern Advice... Read More →

Presenters
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Chris Van Dusen

Born in Portland, Maine, Chris Van Dusen started drawing at an early age. Some of his first illustrations came from passing time with his brothers. He went on to study fine art at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and graduated with a BFA. Eventually he started drawing... Read More →
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Krysten Hill

Krysten Hill is an educator, writer, and performer who has showcased her poetry on stage at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Blacksmith House, Cantab Lounge, Merrimack College, U35 Reading Series, and many others. She received her MFA in poetry from UMass Boston where she currently... Read More →
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Marianne Leone

Marianne Leone is an actress and author known in particular for her role on the hit HBO television series The Sopranos. As an author, Leone has recounted the love and difficulties in her own Italian family in two memoirs, Jesse and Ma Speaks Up. The first is about her son, Jesse... Read More →
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Hugh Macdonald

Hugh Macdonald is a twenty-year-old singer/songwriter, constantly on the move. Raised in Cape Town, London, and Paris, he currently lives in Boston, where he studies songwriting, production, and business at Berklee College of Music. From the age of five, when he played a shaky version... Read More →
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Leland Melvin

Leland Melvin is known on the Internet for his official NASA photo featuring his beloved dogs Scout and Jake, but in his memoir, Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances, he shares the story of his own fascinating life. Melvin started his career as... Read More →
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Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles is a polymath artist, institution in contemporary poetry, and a 2012 Guggenheim fellow. They have written poetry, fiction, criticism, plays, performance texts, and even a libretto. They are also known as the one-time “openly female” write-in candidate for the presidency... Read More →

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Friday October 27, 2017 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Old South Church Sanctuary
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