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SUMMARY:Mark Jarman at AfterWords Festival: The Stories We Become
DESCRIPTION:Mark Anthony Jarman (Smash & Grab\, Burn Man) will be appearing at AfterWords Festival for the event “The Stories We Become: Readings and Conversation” presented by the University of King’s College. Mark will be reading from his stories\, and joined in conversation by Kaie Kellough\, Jennifer LoveGrove\, Sharon Bala\, and Ruth Ozeki. \nThe event will take place at the Bus Stop Theatre on Saturday\, November 7 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nLivestream link here. \nCheck out Mark’s books here! \nABOUT SMASH & GRAB \n“A Canadian master of the form.”—Gregory Cowles\, New York Times \nOne of Kirkus Reviews‘ 5 Collections that Short Story Fans Shouldn’t Miss \nA former military policeman\, a veterinarian\, and a French poet walk into a bar and debate the Vietnam war. A couple of men who are part of a commune discover two dead bodies while out sailing. An Irish woman hits a boy with her car and contemplates turning herself in. Two paramedics try to live and not burn out while dealing with so much death. A man on holiday in Venice is stalked by a pickpocket. A heartsick astronaut finds love on the moon. \nIn Smash & Grab Mark Anthony Jarman offers up a mischievous medley of stories that blur the lines between the real and the imagined. Continuing to chronicle the lives of the wayward and unlucky\, it confirms its author as one of the most adventurous guides to the absurdity of twenty-first century existence. \nABOUT MARK ANTHONY JARMAN \nMark Anthony Jarman is the author of Burn Man\, Touch Anywhere to Begin\, Czech Techno\, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa\, My White Planet\, 19 Knives\, New Orleans Is Sinking\, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern\, and the travel book Ireland’s Eye. He is co-editor of a new literary journal CAMEL\, and edited Best Canadian Stories 2023. His novel Salvage King Ya!\, is on Amazon.ca’s list of 50 Essential Canadian Books and is the number one book on Amazon’s list of best hockey fiction. Widely published in Canada\, the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, Jarman is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, a Yaddo fellow\, has taught at the University of Victoria\, the Banff Centre for the Arts\, and the University of New Brunswick. Burn Man was a New York Times Editor’s Choice in 2024.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/mark-jarman-at-afterwords-festival-the-stories-we-become/
LOCATION:Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Festival,Reading
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