Third Place Reading: Do Over!

Generally, we try to keep our stories about Wallingford and its people. This is mostly because we know that if we broadened it to “stuff around Wallingford” and “things Wallingford people might care about”, we’d be overwhelmed with all the things to be written about, and the enormity of it would drive us under a pile of sweaters in the back of a dark closet, cooing and rocking ourselves to comfort.

But, it’s a slow news day, so we’re going to let Sarah sneak one by us by assuring us that, while this reading isn’t happening in Wallingford per se, there is a slim Wallingford connection, so, Sarah writes:

Robin Hemley a former WWU professor and editor is back in the Pacific Northwest for a book tour. I’ve included some information below. The reading at Third Place Books in Ravenna is Thursday, August 20th at 7:30. It’s a really funny book and a great topic for conversation – if you could do something over what would it be?

I thought my Wallingford neighbors might find it of interest as he’s staying in the hood.
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Thursday, August 20th at 7:30pm at Third Place Books in Ravenna

Robin Hemley

Do -Over!: In Which a Forty-Eight-Year-Old Father of Three Returns to Kindergarten, Summer Camp, the Prom, and Other Embarrassments

Hemley re-encounters kindergarten, revisits his childhood home, and finally attends the prom–bringing readers the thrill of recapturing a misspent youth and discovering what’s most important: simple pleasures, second chances, and the forgotten joys of recess.

Robin Hemley is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on DO-OVER!. He has published seven books, and his stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, and many literary magazines and anthologies.