About this Event
Join Milkweed Books as we launch Larkin McPhee’s new book, I’ll See You in My Dreams: A Sister’s Memoir. Larkin will read from the book and engage in conversation with local author Alison McGhee. There will be book sales, signing, and a small reception after.
ABOUT THE BOOK
is an unforgettable portrait of sibling love as told by Larkin McPhee, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, and her dream-expert younger brother, Charles McPhee, host of the nationally syndicated radio program The Dream Doctor Show. At forty-four, Charles’s life changed forever when he was diagnosed with the fatal neurodegenerative disease ALS.
Using remembered moments, dreams, emails, and excerpts from his radio show, Larkin looks back on the years with her brother, both before his diagnosis and afterward, tracing a poignant but joyful journey across time as they encourage each other’s creativity and nontraditional careers. In addition to helping his radio listeners, Charles guides Larkin through her dreams and their impact on her life, helping her discover her voice as a documentary filmmaker. And in the face of insurmountable odds, Charles finds hope and beauty, ultimately showing Larkin, and all of us, how to live.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Larkin McPhee is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning director, producer and writer of documentary films covering topics ranging from the environment to mental health to the cosmos. Meticulous research, outstanding characters and powerful story-telling make McPhee’s films extraordinarily compelling. Her skills as a director, writer and documentarian bring beauty and clarity to any topic. McPhee’s documentaries impart a deep knowledge of the subject matter and provide viewers with a blueprint for positive change. McPhee has been writing documentary scripts for over thirty years and articles related to her films for publications including the Boston Globe and Minnesota Star Tribune. She was inspired to write I’ll See You In My Dreams: A Sister’s Memoir after losing her younger brother, Charles McPhee, to ALS. McPhee is a graduate of Middlebury College and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Alison McGhee is the #1 New York Times bestselling writer of novels, novellas, poems, and picture books for all ages, including the internationally loved Someday and the Pulitzer Prize nominee Shadow Baby, along with its followup Never Coming Back. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She also loves live storytelling and is a Moth Grand Slam winner and a frequent storyteller elsewhere and in comedy clubs. Alison founded the creative writing program at Metropolitan State University and taught there for many years. She is the recipient of four Minnesota Book Awards, a McKnight fellowship, two State Arts Board grants, and many other awards. For more information about her books, her online teaching, her podcast, and her Poem of the Week, please check out alisonmcghee.com.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States
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