Washington DC · Event
Novelist Ari Phillips, author of Grow Old and Don't Die , will be in conversation with writer Michael Don. Join us for a discussion ranging from writing fiction to the Fountain of Youth! Ari Phillips lives in Washington, D.C., and works for an organization trying to reduce industrial pollution and improve public health. He's covered the environment for a number of news outlets and published two novels under the pen name Philip Reari: Eat Your Damn Vegetables , shortlisted for Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award, and Earth Jumped Back . www.ariphillips.com Grow Old and Don't Die : For over 150 years, Rosa and her son Wyeth have blended into the shadows of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, masking their immortality behind the cluttered shelves of a junk-filled thrift store. Their secret is the Eternal Spring—a life-giving fountain hidden within a mountainside cave—but their long lives have yielded more baggage than treasure. When Richie Scowl, the ruthless heir to a corporate energy empire, discovers their secret and moves to seize the spring, the family's quiet existence is shattered. Forced out of hiding, they must confront the modern world and the ancient ghosts that have haunted them for over a century. Michael Don is the author of the story collection Partners and Strangers , a finalist for the 2019 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award in short fiction. He is an associate professor at George Mason University, co-editor of Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature , and co-organizer of the Fox City Lit reading series in Fairfax City, Virginia. His second book is coming out with Cornerstone Press in 2028.
September 15 – September 15 · 7 PM · Kramers
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