Periodic Table and Seeing Ghosts by Karen Condon as well as a discussion of The Local a film by Dan Eberle
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Karen Condon's story, "Periodic Table" was in an anthology called "Awake: A Reader for the Sleepless", edited by Steven Beeber from Soft Skull Press. Karen Condon received her MFA in creative writing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1993, and has written a novel and two short story collections. Her stories have appeared in The Iowa Review, Bottomfish Magazine, Sonora Review, Kansas Quarterly, Arkansas Review, Antigonish Review, and Fiddlehead.
She wrote the stories in Are You a Survivor during and after her treatment for breast cancer in 2001 and 2002. The title refers to a question she was asked at a breast cancer support group theday after her diagnosis. She lives in Springfield, Massachusetts. Brown Street Press is proud to release Karen's novel, Are you a Survivor?. It will go on sale in November 1st 2008.
The Local, was an official selection of the Brooklyn International Film Festival and was released in October 2009. Dan Eberle, an independent filmmaker, wrote, directed and starred in the film. He has also made Vicissitudes (2004) and JailCity (2006)
I failed to note during the program that I tend not to talk about plot when speaking of books or movies for the reason that it's important to me that I view a movie or read a book as a blank slate without prior lnowledge and want to allow listeners the same privilege.
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