Date & Time
6:00pm EDT - 9:00pm EDT
About This Event
Hemingway. Fitzgerald. Baldwin. Dorothy Parker. Charles Bukowski. Etheridge Knight. All writers whose legendary struggles with drugs and alcohol fostered the myth that substance abuse made for a creative life. Too many would-be artists have lost their lives as a result of this lie. Join three writers who made it into recovery discussing how sobriety has aided their creativity and has become a foundation for their success.
Cara Benson is author of the memoir An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Other writing has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, Orion, Sierra Magazine, and selected for Best American Poetry.
About This Event
Hemingway. Fitzgerald. Baldwin. Dorothy Parker. Charles Bukowski. Etheridge Knight. All writers whose legendary struggles with drugs and alcohol fostered the myth that substance abuse made for a creative life. Too many would-be artists have lost their lives as a result of this lie. Join three writers who made it into recovery discussing how sobriety has aided their creativity and has become a foundation for their success.
Cara Benson is author of the memoir An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Other writing has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, Orion, Sierra Magazine, and selected for Best American Poetry.
Date & Time
6:00pm EDT - 9:00pm EDT