{"id":1200,"date":"2015-02-11T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getlitfestival.org\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2015-02-11T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T21:49:26","slug":"ewu-visiting-writers-series-featuring-emily-rapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/getlit\/ewu-visiting-writers-series-featuring-emily-rapp\/","title":{"rendered":"EWU Visiting Writers Series featuring Emily Rapp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emily Rapp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Inland Northwest Center for Writers MFA Program at Eastern Washington University and Get Lit! Programs is pleased to present a Reading, Q&A and Book Signing with author Emily Rapp at Auntie\u2019s Bookstore on Friday, February 20th<\/sup> at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n

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Emily<\/strong> Rapp<\/strong> is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir <\/em>and The Still Point of the Turning World<\/em>, which was a New York Times<\/em> bestseller and a finalist for the PEN Literary Award in nonfiction. Rapp was born in Nebraska and grew up in Wyoming and Colorado. Born with a congenital defect, her left foot was amputated at age four, and she has worn a prosthetic limb ever since. A former Fulbright scholarship recipient, she was educated at Harvard University, Saint Olaf College, Trinity College-Dublin, and the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a James A. Michener Fellow. She has received awards and recognition for her work from The Atlantic Monthly, StoryQuarterly, <\/em>the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation, the Jentel Arts Foundation, the Corporation of Yaddo, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Valparaiso Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Rapp was the Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University and has received a Rona Jaffe Fellowship. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Salon, The Sun, The Texas Observer, Body & Soul<\/em> and many other publications. Emily has taught writing in the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, The Taos Writers’ Workshop, University of California – Palm Desert, and the Gotham Writers’ Workshops. She is currently professor of Creative Writing and Literature at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is at work on a novel.<\/p>\n

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Event at a Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n

EWU<\/em> Visiting Writers Series <\/em>presents<\/p>\n

Emily Rapp<\/p>\n

reading, q&a and book signing<\/p>\n

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When<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Friday, February 20th<\/sup> at 7:30 pm<\/p>\n

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Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auntie\u2019s Bookstore,<\/p>\n

402 W. Main Ave.,<\/p>\n

Spokane, WA 99201<\/p>\n

(509.838.0206)<\/p>\n

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This event is FREE and open to the public.<\/p>\n

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To learn more about Emily Rapp, visit the author\u2019s website: http:\/\/emilyrapp.com\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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See the entire EWU Visiting Writers Series 2014-2015 lineup here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/getlitfestival.org\/visiting-writers\/#visitingwritersrapp1-page<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please direct all questions regarding the Visiting Writers Series to Get Lit! Programs by emailing <\/em>getlit@ewu.edu<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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