Thank you for joining us on May 31st for a series of events honoring the men and women who served our country.

We’re planning a special beach book mini-festival on June 20th — check back soon for more details.

P.S in case you missed our previous events, the recordings are available using the links below.

Sunday, May 31

Nonfiction
Sunday 10:00 AM

“We Could Easily Trace the March of Troops from the Smoke Which Arose Over Them” – The Experiences of the Men and Women at the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Presenter: Alexander R. Cain
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Nonfiction
Sunday 11:00 AM

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An Inheritance of Grief: Memory, Serendipity, and the Legacy of Two Fallen Soldiers
Presenters: Jessica Rotondi, Bethany Groff Dorau
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Fiction
Sunday 12:00 PM

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The Ultimate Sacrifice: Honoring War Mothers with April Smith, Author of A Star for Mrs. Blake
Presenter: April Smith
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Nonfiction
Sunday 1:00 PM

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The Women With Silver Wings
Presenters: Katherine Landdeck, Ghlee Woodworth
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Sunday, May 3

Nonfiction
Sunday 9:00 AM

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The Assassin’s Accomplice:
Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Presenter: Kate Clifford Larson
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Fiction
Sunday 9:45 AM

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What Carries You: A Novel
Presenter: Richard E. Welch
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Nonfiction
Sunday 10:30 AM

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Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Volume I
Presenter: Ghlee E. Woodworth
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Nonfiction
Sunday 11:15 AM

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New England Coast Guard Stories: Remarkable Mariners
Presenter: Dyke Hendrickson
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Nonfiction
Sunday 12:00 PM

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They’re not criminals, they’re our neighbors: Immigration through the art of Nicario Jimenez Quispe
Presenters: Carol Damian, Michael LaRosa, Nicario Jimenez Quispe, Steve Stein
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Nonfiction
Sunday 1:00 PM

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March Sisters: On Life, Death, And Little Women
Presenter: Kate Bolick
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Nonfiction
Sunday 1:45 PM

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Discovering the George Whitefield You Never Knew
Presenter: Tom Schwanda
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Nonfiction
Sunday 2:30 PM

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Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch
Presenter: Alexandra Jacobs
Moderator: Kate Bolick
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Fiction
Sunday 3:15 PM

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A Plague on Both Your Houses
Presenters: Anne Easter Smith, C.C. Humphreys
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Nonfiction
Sunday 4:00 PM

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American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution
Presenter: Nina Sankovitch
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Saturday, April 25

Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM

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The Stationary Shop
Presenter: Marjan Kamali
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Fiction
Saturday 9:00 AM

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Mercy House: A Novel
Presenter: Alena Dillon
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Nonfiction
Saturday 9:45 AM

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Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town
Presenter: Cynthia Anderson
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Nonfiction
Saturday 9:45 AM

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What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation
Presenter: Mimi Lemay
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Nonfiction
Saturday 10:30 AM

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What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family’s Search for Answers
Presenter: Jessica Pearce Rotondi
Moderator: Kate Bolick
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Nonfiction
Saturday 10:30 AM

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The Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
Presenters: Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth
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Nonfiction
Saturday 11:15 AM

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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Presenter: Adrienne Brodeur
Moderator: Meg Mitchell Moore
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Fiction
Saturday 11:15 AM

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The Women of Myth Speak: ‘Wake, Siren’ and retelling Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Presenter: Nina MacLaughlin
Moderator: Leslie Hendrickson
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Nonfiction
Saturday 12:00 PM

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Elephant Speak: A Devoted Keeper’s Life Among The Herd
Presenter: Melissa Crandall
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Nonfiction
Saturday 12:00 PM

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The Spiral Shell – A French Village Reveals Its Secrets of Jewish Resistance in WWII
Presenter: Sandell Morse
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Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM

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The Values of Stories; Stories of Values
Presenter: Ken Liu
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Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM

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Cooking the Books: Reading and Writing in the Kitchen
Presenters: Jenna Blum, Ramin Ganeshram, Crystal King, Louise Miller
Moderator: Christina Koliander
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Fiction
Saturday 2:00 PM

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Walking Around With It: A Discussion of Trauma, Restlessness, and the Art of the Short Story
Presenters: Kathryn McQuade , Peter Orner
Moderator: Myfanwy Collins
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Fiction
Saturday 2:00 PM

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Feels Like the First Time
Presenters: Elizabeth Ames, Melissa Duclos, Meghan Flaherty
Moderator: Monica Duncan
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Fiction
Saturday 3:00 PM

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Make a Mystery with Sisters in Crime New England
Presenters: Bruce Robert Coffin, Joanna Schaffhausen,
Carolyn Wilkins
Moderator: Connie Hambley
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Nonfiction
Saturday 3:00 PM

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What My Mother And I Don’t Talk About
Presenters: Sari Botton, Michele Filgate, Lynn Strong
Moderator: Liberty Hardy
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Fiction
Saturday 4:00 PM

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Afternoon Delight: Sex in Fiction
Presenters: Jenna Blum, Christopher Castellani, Stephen Kiernan
Moderator: Whitney Scharer
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Fiction
Saturday 4:00 PM

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Relative to Mystery
Presenters: Edwin Hill, Catherine McKenzie, Peter Swanson
Moderator: Dyke Hendrickson
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About the Festival

The Newburyport Literary Association, Inc. was founded in 2005.

Many individuals and organizations share the vision of the Newburyport Literary Festival. The NLF is especially grateful for the generous support of our founding sponsor, the Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation and to all the other businesses and individuals who have made it possible for the festival to take root and flourish. More…