A Writer’s Night in January

Straw Dog Writers’ Guild, Longmeadow Adult Center, and The Storrs Library present Pete Nelson, writer of stories, novels, and song lyrics.
Thursday, January 16, 6:45 at the Longmeadow Adult Center

Peter Nelson was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received his MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was also awarded a post-degree James Michener Grant for fiction. He’s published short stories and articles in numerous national magazines, including Harpers, Redbook, Outside, Men’s Life, Men’s Health, Playboy, and Esquire Magazine, which named him one of America’s top writers under forty. He was a columnist for Mademoiselle and a staff writer/contributing editor for LIVE Magazine and Wondertime. His WWII history, Left For Dead (Randomhouse, 2002), about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, won the 2003 Christopher Award and was named to the American Library Association’s 2003 top ten list. His work (with Zack Anderegg) of non-fiction, Finding Riley; Saving Myself (Skyhorse, 2013) was a finalist in the International Book awards memoirs category. His novel, I Thought You Were Dead (Algonquin, 2010), was named an Indie Next #1 Choice and reached the NEIBA Bestsellers List. He has published 30 books and over 200 magazine articles. He has taught writing in the MFA programs at Emerson College and Fairfield University, as well as undergraduate classes at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, at the University of Iowa, and at the University of Arizona. He has two CDs, The Restless Boys Club and Days Like Horses, on the Signature Sounds label, and has recently taught songwriting at the Parlor Room School of Music in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he lives.

You may register by calling 413-565-4150, option 1. Or you can just show up.
The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow.