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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How to Bury a Goldfish (More info...)

Publications

• The Huffington Post:

  • Bird and Beckett Bookstore -- A San Francisco Treasure
    Posted August 15, 2011
    To read the entire post click here.
  • Glen Park
    Posted July 28, 2011
    To read the entire post click here.
• Superman Vet Saves Penny With Surgery
  Pet Tales, SF Chronicle posted on SF Gate
  Published 4:18 pm, Tuesday, January 1, 2013
  To read the entire article click here.
• Author Louise Nayer Chats About Winning the Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award for Burned, A Memoir
  Interview with Susan Dormady Eisenbery, Huffington Post
  Posted 12/12/2011
  To read the entire interview click here.
• Spotlight on Dorothy D. Nayer, MA, RN,
  Interview with Her Daughter, Louise Nayer
  Published in Courier, Fall 2010 / Winter 2011,
  the official publication of the Nursing Education Alumni Association,
  Teachers College Columbia University.
  To read the entire article download the PDF.
• Life irrevocably changed
  Burned: A Memoir reviewed by Jane Woodward Elioseff
  on the Internet Review of Books.
  To read the review click here.
• Author Louise Nayer returns to Wellfleet, the scene of a family tragedy that insprired her new book, 'Burned'
  by Reva Blau
  Published The Provincetown Banner - June 20, 2010
  To read the full article click here.
• "Memoir details night of horrific Wellfleet cottage fire"
  by Mary Ann Bragg
  Published in Cape Code Times - June 19, 2010
  To read the full article click here.
• "Burned: An Interview with Louise Nayer"
  This interview appeared on the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder blog by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., a blog about mindfulness, stress-reduction, psychotherapy and mental health. You can read the article as well as comments from readers at The Mental Help Net website which promotes mental health and wellness education and advocacy. June 17, 2010.
• Tablet Magazine "On the Bookshelf" by Josh Lambert
  To read the full article click here (www.tabletmag.com).
• Burned: A Memoir
  represented by Laurie Bernstein, Side By Side Literary Productions, New York City, published by Atlas and Company in April 2010.

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• O, The Oprah Magazine, Reading Room Section, April 2010 Issue
  Burned: A Memoir will be featured in the Reading Room Section of April 2010 Issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. The Reading Room Section reviews new books including fiction, memoirs, biographies, self-help, and more. For more information please go to:
  
  1. Reading Questions for Burned
     March 23, 2010
  2. 10 More Great Reads to Pick Up in April
     By Sara Nelson, March 23, 2020
  3. For Your Book Club: Reader's Guides
     September 23, 2009
• "Discussion with Louise Nayer on her forthcoming memoir, Burned "
  This blog article appears on the Atlas Upstairs blog March 2010. It consists of a question and answer session between Louise Nayer and Atlas and Company (the publisher). You can read the very insightful article at Atlas Upstairs.
• "The Dark Side of Happy Anniversary"
  Article appears on the website Gift From Within, an international nonprofit organization for survivors of trauma and victimization in section Support Pals Share their Inspirational Stores. Read the complete story at Gift From Within.
• "The Dark Side of Happy Anniversary"
  Another full version appears on the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder blog by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., a blog about mindfulness, stress-reduction, psychotherapy and mental health. You can read the article as well as comments from readers at The Mental Help Net website which promotes mental health and wellness education and advocacy. December 8, 2009.
• "Choosing the Right Cover" by James Atlas
  Choosing the cover for my book, "Burned: A Memoir". To read the article click here (www.huffingtonpost.com).
• The Rumpus.net
  Associated Writing Program (AWP) notes "In the 'Shameless Book Promotion' Workshop", February 2009
• The Poetry Oracle by Amber Guetebier and Brenda Knight
  Poetry, 2008
• Education on Asia
  book review, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortensen, 2008
• How to Bury A Goldfish: Celebrations and Ceremonies for Everyday Life
  co-authored with Virginia Lang, Skinner House Press, August 2007
• "The Panic"
  personal essay, San Francisco Chronicle, 2004
• Featured poet (ten poems) and interview in Abalone Moon Journal(on-line)
• "Transformations", "Twentieth Century"
  Abalone Moon, 2004
• How to Bury a Goldfish: 113 Rituals for Everyday Life
  co-authored with Virginia Lang, Rodale Press, June 2000
• "Catch Us Even as We Soar"
  Unitarian Universalist order of service, 1995
• "Transformations", "Twentieth Century"
  In the Margins, 1993
• "Pre-term Birth Prevention"
  published in the Children's Hospital Foundation Magazine, 1992
• "For Sarah and Laura", "After Eva Luna"
  In the Margins, 1991
• The Houses are Covered in Sound
  Poetry book, Blue Light Press 1991
• "For Sarah"
  Poetpourri, 1991
• "Dream of the Uninterrupted Moss"
  Southwest Poetry Journal, 1989
• "The Rose"
  The Blue Unicorn, 1984
• "Three from Paintings", "For Dorothy"
  The Unicorn, 1984
• "Four A.M.", "Lover's Reunion After Vietnam"
  Perian Spring, Canada, 1983
• "O We are the Backbones", "For Anne", "Angelina"
  Contact II, Brooklyn, 1982
• "Three by Women"
  book review, Contact II 1983
• Keeping Watch
  poetry collection, Birthstone Press with support from the NEA, 1981
• "The DNA's of Civilization"
  book review, Contact II, 1981
• "Seeing the World Inside Out"
  book review, Contact II 1981
• "Mother"
  Poetry Australia, 1981
• "White Corn Sister"
  book review, Poetry Flash, 1981
• "Sketches of Spain"
  Inc.#2, Buffalo, 1979
• "It was her Home Town..."
  New York State Waterways Project, Brooklyn, 1979
• "Evening News"
  City Miner, Berkeley, 1979
• "She Wants to Work at Sea"
  Contact II, 1979
• "To the People of Harrisburg"
  Bookwriter's Monthly, San Francisco, 1979
• "It was her Home Town", "I'm Folding my Clothes"
  Tunnel Road Anthology, Orinda, 1979
• "I Want Direction"
  Urthkin, Los Angeles, 1979
• "Untitled"
  Rolling Stone Magazine, 1978, reprinted, 1979
• "Homelands"
  Anthology of Women's Poetry Festival, San Francisco, 1978
• "Lost to Sight", "Finding the Supports"
  Velvet Wings, 1978
• "Chorus of the Underwater Chamber Instruments"
  Room, 1976
• "Homelands"
  Bottomfish, Cupertino, 1976
• "On a Train"
  Birthstone, 1975
• "To J.T."
  Everything for Everybody Newspaper, 1975
• "Evening News"
  Ball, San Francisco, 1975
• "Dervish Spins"
  Snapshots, Buffalo, 1974
• "Transformations"
  broadside published by Vehicule Press, Montreal, 1971
• "Transformations"
  The Remington Review," New Jersey, 1971