Burned: A Memoir

Burned: A Memoir
Published April 2010

Teaching Trauma & the Arts at CCSF.
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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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June 2010

Appearing:
- KNEWS Conversations
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August 2010

Appearing at:
- Glen Park Library, San Francisco
- Lupin Lodge Book Club, Los Gatos
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October 2010

Appearing at:
- Lyon Books, Chico
- Notre Dame De Namur Univ, Belmont
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November 2010

Appearing at:
- Southern Regional Burn Conference in TN
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Upcoming Appearances

• August 14, 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  Glen Park Public Library
  2825 Diamond Street in San Francisco, CA
• August 28, 2010 - time to be announced
  Lupin Lodge Book Club
  20600 Aldercroft Hts in Los Gatos, CA
• October 9, 2010 - time to be announced
  Lyon Books
  121 W. 5th Street in Chico, CA
• October (day & time to be announced) - Reading
  Notre Dame de Namur University
  1500 Ralston Avenue in Belmont, CA
• November 11-13, 2010 - Presenter
  Southern Regional Burn Conference
  in Memphis, TN
  

Appearances

• 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 including

Bay 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