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We are so excited to share that on September 19th at 9:00 AM PT, we will hold an Author Talk with Brenda Miller!
You may know Brenda Miller from her new collection Love You, Bye or from Tell It Slant, the beloved craft book she co-authored with Suzanne Paola. If you joined our recent conversation with Kaitlyn Teer, you'll remember Kaitlyn credited Tell It Slant as one of the books that shaped her approach to writing essays!
On September 19th, we will talk to Brenda about her writing process, experience with poetry and essays, writing through grief, and her latest book, Love You, Bye. After an hour of conversation, we'll transition to a 1-hour writing sprint with prompts inspired by Brenda's work.
We ask that you bring questions of your own for Brenda! And encourage you to check out Love You, Bye!
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Love You, Bye: A Daughter's Journey in Essays and Poems
"Miller's voice moves seamlessly between prose and poetry, between humor and heartbreak, between the personal and the universal. Love You, Bye is essential reading for anyone navigating the complexities of aging parents, the mysteries of faith, or the simple courage required to keep loving in a world that can break our hearts."
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Brenda Miller is the author of seven essay collections, most recently, Love You, Bye: A Daughter’s Journey in Essays and Poems (Skinner House Books, 2026) and A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form (University of Michigan Press, 2021). Her book of collaborative essays with Julie Marie Wade, Telephone: Essays in Two Voices, won the Cleveland State Poetry Center Award for an essay collection and was published in 2021. She co-authored Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction (Third Edition 2019) and The Pen and The Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World. Her poetry chapbook, The Daughters of Elderly Women, received the 2020 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Her work has received seven Pushcart Prizes. She is a Professor Emerita at Western Washington University, where she taught creative writing for 25 years. |
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This free event will take place on Saturday, September 19 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET via Zoom.
This event is open to the public. Please share this post with friends!
Happy writing,
Jessica, Caitlin, and Megan
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