Go Ahead, Write Something! Podcast with author Christina Thompson, editor of the Harvard Review
Channel: BookGirlTV with Tessa Smith McGovern
Date: 2023-09-16

Christina Thompson is the author of Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, which won the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and the 2019 NSW Premier’s General History Award. Her first book, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, was a finalist for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Read and excerpt of Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All on Amazon: https://shorturl.at/stAKY

Since 2000 she has been the editor of Harvard Review. The recipient of an NEH Public Scholar Award, as well as fellowships from the NEA, the Australia Council, and ArtsVictoria, she will be a Creative Arts Fellow at the National Library of Australia in 2023. She teaches writing at Harvard University Extension and lives outside Boston with her husband and three sons. https://www.harvardreview.org/

About Pat Dunn: Patricia Dunn is author of the young adult novel, Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire). Of her first novel for adults, Last Stop on the 6 (Bordighera Press, November 2021), Kirkus Reviews says, "A novel that brings the Bronx to teeming life with a wry marriage of drama and humor." Her writing has appeared in Salon, The Village Voice, The Nation, LA Weekly, and The Christian Science Monitor. She has also been published in the New York Times best-selling anthology, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women (Soft Skull); and elsewhere. Dunn has served as Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where she holds an MFA in creative writing. She is a co-founder of The Joe Papaleo Writers Workshop in Cetera, Italy. Patricia coaches aspiring and established writers and is Director/teacher of creative writing workshops at Westport Writers' Workshop in Westport, CT. To learn more, please visit: https://www.patriciadunnauthor.com

About Tessa: Tessa has taught creative writing for The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, since 2011. She also teaches two free weekly writing sprints with prompts, micro-lessons, and submission parties on Zoom. These are sponsored by the Westport Library and free to writers from any town or country. The sprints are on Tuesdays at 12 noon PM EST and Weds at 7 PM EST. Please visit teasasmithmcgovern.com to sign up to receive the Zoom links by email. Tessa is an award-winning writer whose linked short story collection, London Road: Linked Stories, received a ‘Featured’ review from Kirkus, is an Amazon best-seller, and a gold medal winner in the 2012 eLit Awards. She's currently pursuing an MFA in Writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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