A Literary Evening
Westbeth authors read from works in progress

When: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 7PM
Where: Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St b/w West and Washington Its, enter through courtyard

Join us for an incredible literary evening with established Westbeth authors reading from their works in progress. Hear where their thoughts are leading!

Anna Shapiro is reading from her novel Family Stories—a child’s abandonment in Hungary at the turn of the century leads to three generations of daughters struggling with their mothers and motherhood in America.

Anna Shapiro is the author of three novels and a collection of essays.

Jack Dowling is reading from his novel The Holly Blue.

Jack Dowling is a painter, printmaker, curator, and writer.

Terence Burk is reading from his novel Cast Iron Kate—a woman born in 1885 decides to tell her story in 1955. A story of young love, countless tragedies, then years of silence. As I say in the novel: “When stories are resurrected from the deep, rich soil, the land grows silent, and trees bend waiting for their return.”

Terence Burk—Actor, Playwright, Novelist. From Broadway to Universal Contract Player, TV and film. Studied with the great Uta Hagen. Early Judson Poets Theatre member. Westbeth resident since 1979.

Kate Walter is reading from her novel in progress, The Guest Checked Out Early,
a queer murder mystery that takes place in the 1980s at a funky LGBTQ resort in the
Sullivan County, Catskills.

Kate Walter is a freelance writer whose articles, essays, opinion pieces have appeared in
many places. She is the author of the memoir Looking for a Kiss: a Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing, published by Heliotrope Books. She teaches Personal Essay Writing at NYU/SPS.

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