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SUMMARY:A Night of Nonfiction 2025: Debut CNF Author Readings & Discussions
DESCRIPTION: If you are having trouble registering\, you may now also purchase a ticket at our bookstore; there is a free option and a $10 donation option there. Registration includes access to the recording for 30 days. \nThis is the online version of our ever-popular in-person event\, which was first held in the summer of 2015 at our inaugural HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction! \nThis event will feature readings from four debut CNF authors\, followed by a special guest reading and then a panel discussion\, led by someone from the Hippocampus Magazine interviews team. Learn more about (or purchase!) their books at our Bookshop affiliate site. \nThis is ONE OF FOUR main events we’re hosting the weekend of the 16-17th! Read about all of them here. \n\nThe 2025 Night of Nonfiction will feature: \nAnnamaria Formichella (Contest winner + opening reader) \nAnnamaria Formichella is the winner of our 2025 We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction. Originally from New England\, Annamariay teaches in the English department at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake\, Iowa. Her creative work has been published in several collections and magazines\, including Gyroscope Review\, Wilderness House Literary Review\, New Flash Fiction Review\, Litbreak Magazine\, and Anacapa Review. Her dreams include returning to the ocean and writing stories that hit the reader with a quiet crash. \n\nTia Levings (A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy) \nTia Levings is the New York Times Bestselling author of A Well-Trained Wife\, her memoir of escape from Christian Patriarchy. She writes about the realities of religious trauma and the trad wife life\, decoding the fundamentalist influences in our news and culture. Her work and quotes have appeared in Teen Vogue\, Salon\, the Huffington Post\, and Newsweek. She also appeared in the hit Amazon docu-series\, Shiny Happy People. Her second book releases with St. Martin’s Essentials May 5\, 2026. \n\nTheresa Okokon (Who I Always Was) \nTheresa Okokon is an award-winning writer\, storyteller\, and teacher. A Wisconsinite living in New England\, she is the co-host of Stories From The Stage who teaches storytelling and writing\, coaches other tellers\, hosts storytelling events\, collaborates with nonprofits on narrative-driven special projects and events. An alum of both the Memoir Incubator and Essay Incubator programs at GrubStreet\, Theresa’s memoir of essays about memory\, family stories\, and the death of her father — Who I Always Was — was published by Atria Books at Simon & Schuster in 2025. \n\nHyeseung Song (Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl) \nHyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl. Docile has been called a “savagely beautiful memoir” by David Henry Hwang\, a “revelation” by Chloé Cooper Jones and was named a “Best Book” by Apple and “Most Anticipated” by Electric Literature\, BookRiot and more. Raised in Texas\, Song studied philosophy at Princeton and Harvard Universities\, and painting at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Song lives in Brooklyn and upstate New York\, and is at work on her first novel. \n\nCasey Mulligan Walsh (The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted\, Everything I Feared) \nCasey Mulligan Walsh writes about living with grief beside joy\, embracing uncertainty\, and the nature of true belonging. Her memoir\, The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted\, Everything I Feared\, was published by Motina Books in February 2025. She has written for The New York Times\, Next Avenue\, Modern Loss\, Hippocampus Magazine\, Split Lip\, and numerous other literary journals and is a founding editor of In a Flash literary magazine. Her essay\, “Still\,” was nominated for Best of the Net. Casey lives in Upstate New York with her husband\, Kevin\, a chatty orange tabby\, and too many books to count. \n\nBrendan O'Meara\, special guest reader (The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine) \nBrendan O’Meara is the host of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast and the author of The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine. Subscribe to Pitch Club\, where writers audio annotate their pitches that led to publication and Rage Against the Algorithm\, Brendan’s monthly\, up-to-11 newsletter. You can follow him @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and @brendanomeara.bsky.social on Bluesky. Learn more at brendanomeara.com. \n\nLeslie Lindsay\, Moderator\nLeslie has interviewed hundreds of authors from poets to memoirists. Her rich and insightful interviews have been featured in The Millions\, CRAFT Literary\, The Rumpus\, LitHib\, Hippocampus Magazine\, The Florida Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, among others. Her interdisciplinary work\, including photography\, focuses on ancestry\, architecture\, art\, nature\, science\, and motherhood\, and been featured in DIAGRAM\, The Smart Set\, and Brushfire Review. Her work has been nominated for Best American Short Stories. Leslie resides in Greater Chicago. \n\n\nTICKET OPTIONS\nYou may reserve a ticket for just this event by making a donation of any size (including a free ticket) OR you may purchase a package for the entire weekend ($75); choose your option below. Note: First\, select quantity using (+) sign and then add to cart. \n\n	\n\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n\n		\n\n\n\n	Tickets\n\n		\n	\n	\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.	\n\n\n		\n		\n		\n	\n		Tickets are no longer available
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/a-night-of-nonfiction-2025/
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SUMMARY:Hippocampus Magazine Anthology Launch & 15th Anniversary Party: Selected Memories Vol. 2
DESCRIPTION:[Note: If using Google Maps\, you may also find it under MAP Technologies\, as The Game Lounge is a space within their building. The address 322 W. Baltimore. \nPlease double check the address if you’re using GPS to walk or drive. There happens to be a barcade in the Federal Hill area with a similar name that may show up if you just search by name.] \nJoin us for the launch party of Selected Memories Vol. 2\, an anthology\, celebrating 15 years of creative nonfiction at Hippocampus Magazine. Readings from contributors\, light refreshments\, camaraderie\, and books! \nYou can also pre-order the book here! \nNitty Gritty Details\nDoors open at 7 p.m.; program begins by 7:30 p.m. \nPlease RSVP using the form to help us gauge interest\, even if you aren’t 100% sure you can make it.  \n\nThis event is free\, but donations are appreciated.\nWe have a 120 capacity limit for this space.\nRSVPs will help us track this\, as well as plan for food.\nThis is an event space (similar to a gallery); we suggest eating dinner before arriving.\nWe will have some snacks and assortment of beverages\, such as bottled water\, seltzer\, beer\, and wine.\n\nConfirmed Line-Up\nThe following Selected Memories contributors will read from their work: \n\nHolly Abbe\nSayuri Ayers\nMargaret Luongo\nNicole Piasecki\nRonit Plank\nSJ Sindu\nTori Walters\n\nMore to possibly be added.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocampus-magazine-anthology-launch-party/
LOCATION:The Game Lounge (MAP Technologies)\, 322 W. Baltimore St.\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hippo Organizing,In-Person,Reading
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SUMMARY:Stories on Sunday: Bloom: Letters on Girlhood by Nicole Breit & Claire Sicherman
DESCRIPTION: Note: If you are having any issues with checking out or don’t get a confirmation email\, please email info@hippocampusmagazine.com. We had a report that there was an issue with PayPal yesterday; things appear clear on our end\, but we wanted to put a note here just in case.  \nEnjoy a reading\, then hear the story behind the stories during Stories on Sunday with Nicole Breit and Claire Sicherman\, co-authors of Bloom: Letters on Girlhood — a timely memoir exploring how societal expectations shape identity\, and how we can continue\, at any age\, to release the past. This event listing will be updated soon with full details. \nAll Stories on Sundays guest readers have a connection to Hippocampus Magazine; both authors are past contributors to the magazine. We were so excited to hear about this collaboration! \nAbout the Book\, from the jacket copy: A raw\, searching and intimate memoir\, Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a conversation between two acclaimed writers about silence and shame and what it means to come of age as young women. \nOver the course of two and a half years\, authors Claire Sicherman (Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation) and Nicole Breit\, an award-winning poet and essayist\, exchanged letters chronicling their coming-of-age in the suburbs of late 1980s Vancouver. \nBloom: Letters on Girlhood is a candid memoir-in-letters in which Claire and Nicole explore the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence\, delving into everything from periods\, first bras and body hair to desire\, sexuality and consent. As they reflect on their silent struggles as girls\, women and mothers from the perspective of mid-life\, the true impact of patriarchy and misogyny on their lives becomes increasingly apparent. \nWith unflinching honesty and insight\, Bloom is a timely memoir exploring how societal expectations shape identity\, and how we can continue\, at any age\, to release the past. Written by two feminist authors from underrepresented communities (Claire is a Jewish woman and the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors; Nicole is a queer\, neurodivergent writer)\, this memoir-in-letters will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves: Who was I taught to be? And who do I want to become? \nAbout the Series: Stories on Sundays are bi-monthly readings from a recent/forthcoming work of creative nonfiction followed by an author interview + audience Q&A. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \n\nAbout the Authors/Speakers:\nNicole Breit’s love affair with the arts began when she received special recognition for her Kindergarten crayon drawing of an orange chicken with both male and female human genitalia. Her girlhood pastimes included dressing Barbie in her pink satin night set with matching heels\, applying make-up from her cousin’s Mary Kaye collection and lingering over the Sears Christmas Wish Book lingerie section. Many years passed before Nicole identified as femme and queer (or felt comfortable calling herself a writer and artist). She is based on Canada’s Sunshine Coast and teaches the art of storying – shaping our potent memories into transformative creative nonfiction. \nClaire Sicherman grew up in a Vancouver suburb and is still recovering from her mom shaping her curls into a full mullet. Memorable coming-of-age moments include stumbling onto a nude beach at age 12\, her first naked man sighting (not her last)\, and her grandmother proudly lifting her shirt in front of the entire family to admire Claire’s new training bra. A bookworm raised on Judy Blume and Sweet Valley High\, Claire wrote bad poetry\, then avoided the page until writing found her again. She now supports brave humans as a writing coach\, helping them tell the stories they carry.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/stories-on-sunday-bloom-letters-on-girlhood-by-nicole-breit-claire-sicherman/
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