[Yale-readings] 11/17: Adrienne Kane

[Kuhl, Nancy]

The Ordinary Evening Reading Series presents
Susan McCallum-Smith and Adrienne Kane
 Tuesday November 17, 7 PM
at the Anchor Bar & Restaurant, New Haven CT


There's more than a week 'till Thanksgiving, so join us for readings by fiction writer Susan McCallum-Smith and food writer and memoirist Adrienne Kane! The Ordinary Evening Reading Series invites you to an evening without turkey at 7 PM on Tuesday November 17, in the Anchor Bar & Restaurant's Mermaid Room, 272 College St., in New Haven.

"When I was wee, we used to play a game called 'Happy Families.' The pack had 44 cards, 11 sets of a ma, a da, a son and a daughter. We only used 10 sets ... because our mutt, Teddy Bear, chewed up mistress Bung, wife of Bung the Brewer, leaving one family motherless and therefore useless in the game.... Looking at they cards, I couldn't help thinking our family must be skee-whiff somehow, because there were five of us, not four-because we had one kid too many."

-       Susan McCallum-Smith, "Hell Mend You," Slipping the Moorings

"...Kugel was a daylong process. It seemed like pounds of dairy products were released into the giant mixing bowl with the egg noodles before my mom set the concoction in the refrigerator in order to meld the flavors. I would peek in the refrigerator to see how the kugel was doing, longing to taste from the slippery, creamy casserole dish when it was baked the next day. But [here in the hospital] tuna noodle, chicken mushroom, broccoli cheese, and now pizza casserole were things with which I was unfamiliar."
- Adrienne Kane, Cooking and Screaming


Susan McCallum-Smith is a freelance editor, and writes fiction, non-fiction and reviews. Her work has been published in, amongst others, Urbanite, The Scottish Review of Books, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Gettysburg Review, and her reviews are often heard on Maryland Public Radio. She received her degrees in creative writing from Johns Hopkins and Bennington College. Her short story collection, Slipping the Moorings, was published in early 2009 by Entasis Press. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and now lives in Baltimore, MD.

Adrienne Kane's most recent book, Cooking and Screaming, was published in February 2009 by Simon & Schuster. She is also the author and photographer of the popular food blog Nosheteria.com<http://nosheteria.com/>, which has a permanent link on Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/>. Adrienne's work as a food writer, recipe developer, and food photographer has appeared in Natural Health, Chow, and Digs, and on FoodandWine.com. Her personal essay, "Bring Tenacity to a Boil: Then Serve" is featured in Note to Self: 30 Women on Hardship, Humiliation, Heartbreak, and Overcoming It All. She lives and cooks in New Haven, CT.


Mark your calendars! Our next reading is Tuesday, December 15. The Ordinary Evening Reading Series presents readings by poets, novelists, and non-fiction writers. We welcome drinkers and teetotalers alike and hope you can join us for what the New Haven Independent called "one of those unofficial civic ventures that make New Haven such a vibrant place."

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