Lit Event

Mary Cappello – 12/27/09 – Giovanni’s Room

Who
Mary Cappello
When
Sunday, December 27, 2009
5:30pm - FREE - All ages
Where
345 S 12th St
Philadelphia, PA, USA 19107

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Other Info
In the days before the year turns, come out to witness two voices celebrated for their beauty, irreverence, and capaciousness.

Mary Cappello is a regular contributor to the world of literary nonfiction and experimental prose. She is the author of Night Bloom: An Italian/American Life (Beacon Press), and the Los AngelesTimes bestselling book-length essay on awkwardness, Awkward: A Detour (Bellevue Literary Press). Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life, is just out from Alyson Books and is excerpted in Georgia Review and Seattle Review. Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration and Extraction in the Age of Chevalier Jackson, based on the collection of swallowed objects in Philadelphia's Mutter Museum, will appear from The New Press in 2010.

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