Author Alice Mattison
at the West Hartford Public Library
Reading from "Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn"
Harper Perennial, 2008 - 320 pages - ISBN: 0061430552

AUDIO (21 min. 27 sec.): Intro and reading from the book

Recorded before a live audience at the Noah Webster Library on Oct. 15, 2008.

Questions from the Audience:

•Question 1 - Is the book based on your own experiences? (2 min.)
•Question 2 - Why is the book published only in paperback? (2:32)
•Question 3 - Tell us about your transition from writing poetry to short story and novel writing. (2:35)
•Question 4 - Tell us about Bennington College's writing program. (1:40)
•Question 5 - Do you like writing from the point of view of men? (2:15)
•Question 6 - Who are your literary influences? (1:36)
•Question 7 - How disciplined are you as a writer, and do you edit as you go along? (3:21)

Link to publisher's website:
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17615/Alice_Mattison/index.aspx

This program co-sponsored by the Bookworm booksellers in West Hartford.