About this Event
Named for intersections, and for the heart of the matter, the Crux series publishes literary nonfiction by diverse writers working in a variety of modes, including personal and lyric essays, literary journalism, cultural meditation, and memoir.
The 4 books featured present an exciting array of perspectives, and you can read more about each of them below:
- by Ashley Anderson
- by Wes Jamison
- by Alison Kinney
- by Yelizaveta "Lisa" P. Renfro
ASHLEY ANDERSON has had essays, short stories, and scholarship appear in Quarter After Eight, Permafrost, Newfound, Tahoma Literary Review, SLAB, Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, and other publications. Sifting the Feminine: Essays on a Woman’s Body was a semifinalist for the 2022 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. Anderson holds a PhD in English with a creative writing emphasis from the University of Missouri–Columbia. She currently teaches at the University of Missouri and lives in Columbia, where she makes a lot of crafts, drinks a lot of coffee, and listens to a lot of Taylor Swift.
WES JAMISON is an assistant professor of English at Del Mar College. They are the author of Carrion, which received the 2021 Quill Prose Award, and the chapbook and Melancholia, a winner of Essay Press’s Chapbook Contest. Their essays have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and mentioned as Notables in the Best American series. Their work also appears in DIAGRAM, The Rumpus, Tupelo Quarterly, After the Art, and elsewhere. Born and raised in the Midwest, Jamison currently lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, with their partner and two cats.
ALISON KINNEY is assistant professor of writing (nonfiction) at Eugene Lang College, The New School. She is the author of the books Hood and Avidly Reads Opera. Her writing on culture, history, science, and social justice has appeared in many publications, online or in print, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, Lapham’s Quarterly, The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper’s, and Gay Magazine. She lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York.
YELIZAVETA P. RENFRO is the author of Xylotheque and A Catalogue of Everything in the World. Her work has appeared in North American Review, Creative Nonfiction, Orion, Terrain, Colorado Review, and other publications. Renfro has served as artist-in-residence at Denali National Park and Preserve, Isle Royale National Park, and Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. She lives in South Bend, Indiana, and teaches creative writing at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, United States
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