‘World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down’ by Christian McEwan
West Coast book launch presented by The Beat Museum and Literary Cadences
…When a thought
comes a-springing from afar with its held-
forth figure of image, you spoof it out,
you spuff it off, you fake it, and
it fades…
Christian McEwen, author of World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down, was born in London and grew up in the Borders of Scotland. Christian’s new play “Legal Tender: Women & the Secret Life of Money” will be performed in March of 2014 in Northampton, Massachusetts. For many years, Christian taught poetry to teachers through Lesley University. She has also taught as a writer-in-the-schools through the Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Alternative Literary Programs and (upcoming) at the renowned Omega Institute in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her most recent anthologies are Jo’s Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure, True Grit & Real Life (Beacon Press, 1997), and, with Mark Statman, The Alphabet of the Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing (Teachers & Writers, 2000). She has written for The Nation and The Village Voice, and her poems and essays have been widely published. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Free – Limited seating available.