Burned: A Memoir
Burned: A Memoir
Published April 2010
Teaching Six-Week Evening Writing Workshop at my home.
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Atlas Upstairs Blog:
"Discussion with Louise Nayer on her forthcoming memoir, Burned"
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April 2010 Issue
Reading Room Section
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January 2013
Class at:
- Ollie Program
in Berkeley, CA
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March 2013
Workshop at:
- Private Workshop
in San Francisco
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BUY A COPY!
How to Bury a Goldfish
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Upcoming Appearances
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October 13, 2012 - - Reading
Reading with Grotto Writers including Melanie Gideon, Peter Orner, Jason Roberts and Ethan Watters
Litquake (San Francisco's Literary Festival)
in San Francisco, CA -
November 3, 2012 - - Speaker / Presenter
Adult Burn Survivor Reunion
at University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC - Also see Workshops/Classes.
Appearances
- September 9, 2012 - 2 p.m. Sunday - Reading
Carol Tarlen Memorial Readingwith with the participation of Jack Hirschman, Aggie Falk, Nellie Wong, Sarah Menefee and David Joseph
Bird and Beckett Bookstore
653 Chenery Street, San Francisco - February 4, 2012 - 4:00 pm to 6 pm - Workshop
February 4, 2012 - 7:00 pm - Reading with Cynthia Hogue
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S McClintock Drive in Tempe, AZ, 480.730.0205 - March 31, 2012 - Reading with Alexander Teague
The Switch at the Switchyard Studios
109 SE Salmon Street in Portland, OR
- September 21-24, 2011 - Workshop Presenter
Phoenix Society's World Burn CongressThe World Burn Congress
in Cincinatti, OH - June 20, 2011 - Reading
Talking Leaves Books
3158 Main Street in Buffalo, NY - March 2011 - Reading for Inside Story Time
Cafe Royale
800 Post Street @ Leavenworth in San Francisco, CA - February 2011 - Reading
University of Denver
in Denver, CO - November 18, 2010 - 7:30 pm - Reading and Reception
Notre Dame de Namur University
Wiegard Gallery on NDNU Campus
1500 Ralston Avenue in Belmont, CA - November 11-13, 2010 - Exhibitor
Southern Regional Burn Conference
in Memphis, TN - October 9, 2010 - time to be announced
Lyon Books
121 W. 5th Street in Chico, CA - August 28, 2010 - time to be announced
Lupin Lodge Book Club
20600 Aldercroft Hts in Los Gatos, CA - August 14, 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Glen Park Public Library
2825 Diamond Street in San Francisco, CA - KNEWS Conversations with host Charles Dyer, June 30, 2010
Interview on radio station KNEWS FM 94.3 "The Desert's News Talk Super Station", Palm Springs, CA.
Click to hear full interview - June 22, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Wellfleet Public Library
55 West Main Street in Wellfleet, MA - The Point with Mindy Todd in Connecticut, June 21, 2010
On NPR radio WCAI, The Cape and Islands NPR Station.
Author Louise Nayer discusses her book Burned: A Memoir.
Click here to hear the show. - June 19, 2010 - 2:00 pm
Where the Sidewalk Ends Books
423 Main Street in Chatham, MA - June 8, 2010 - (time coming soon)
Penn Bookstore
3601 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA - June 7, 2010 - 2:00 pm
Swarthmore Public Library, A Reading with Author Louise Nayer
121 Park Avenue in Swarthmore, PA - May 23, 2010 - 2:00 pm
Borders - Stonestown, Book Signing in San Francisco, CA - May 20, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Green Apple Bookstore in San Francisco, CA - May 13, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Books Inc in Marina in San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Badgers Book Club presents an Evening with Author Louise Nayer. - May 6, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA - May 1, 2010 - 7:00 pm
Book Passage in San Francisco, CA - Wake Up West Marin with producer and host R. Gallyot, April 27, 2010
Interview on radio station KWMR the "Community Radio for West Marin". - April 22, 2010
RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT - April 18, 2010 - 2:00 pm
Bird and Beckett Bookstore in San Francisco, CA - The Faith Middleton Show in Connecticut on April 16, 2010
On NPR radio my book Burned: A Memoir was discussed by Roxanne Cody on The Faith Middleton Show in Connecticut. - Presentation at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco on inter-faith rituals from the book she co-authored: How to Bury a Goldfish: Celebrations and Ceremonies for Everyday Life, June 28, 2009.
- Talk on How to Bury a Goldfish at the Unitarian Fellowship of Redwood City and the Unitarian Fellowship of Marin, September 2009.
Previous Readings
Readings of my work -- Poetry and prose -- at venues across the country includingBay Area:
- Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco's oldest alternative art space
- Cody's Bookstore, Berkeley, CA
- University of San Francisco
- City College of San Francisco
- At numerous coffee houses and bookstores
Outside of Bay Area:
- University of Buffalo
- Erie Community College
- At numerous coffee houses and bookstores in New York and Oregon
Previous Media Work
- Two interviews on forum, National Public Radio with Spencer Michels and Angie Coiro -- talking about How to Bury a Goldfish, 2001
- Forty interviews on radio stations across the country including WSBM radio, Providence Rhode Island, WBAA (NPR affiliate), Indianapolis, and KYW, Philadelphia, 2000-2001
- One of the hosts of Surreal Journal, KALW, San Francisco, a National Public Radio Affiliate, 1981-83
- T.V. show host of San Francisco Surreal Journal on cable T.V., 1983
- Radio show host for "Two Women" produced with funding from the California Arts Council
- Host of radio show for Readings by Poets on SUNY in Buffalo, 1974