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SUMMARY:Author Talk: "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books will highlight Mental Health Awareness month with a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout about her book Tell Me Everything. \nJoin us for this conversation on May 21st at 8PM ET on Facebook\, YouTube\, and the PBS app. \nTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout explores the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of a murder investigation in Crosby\, Maine. The novel delves into the lives of its beloved characters\, including Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge\, as they navigate friendship\, love\, and the search for meaning in their lives. Through poignant storytelling\, Strout captures the essence of connection and the impact of shared experiences on our understanding of life. \nAbout the Author\nElizabeth Strout \nElizabeth Strout was born in Portland\, Maine\, and grew up in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire.  From a young age she was drawn to writing things down\, keeping notebooks that recorded the quotidian details of her days.  She was also drawn to books\, and spent hours of her youth in the local library lingering among the stacks of fiction.  During the summer months of her childhood she played outdoors\, either with her brother\, or\, more often\, alone\, and this is where she developed her deep and abiding love of the physical world: the seaweed covered rocks along the coast of Maine\, and the woods of New Hampshire with its hidden wildflowers. \nDuring her adolescent years\, Strout continued writing avidly\, having conceived of herself as a writer from early on.  She read biographies of writers\, and was already studying – on her own – the way American writers\, in particular\, told their stories.  Poetry was something she read and memorized; by the age of sixteen was sending out stories to magazines.  Her first story was published when she was twenty-six. \nStrout attended Bates College\, graduating with a degree in English in 1977.  Two years later\, she went to Syracuse University College of Law\, where she received a law degree along with a Certificate in Gerontology.  She worked briefly for Legal Services\, before moving to New York City\, where she became an adjunct in the English Department of Borough of Manhattan Community College.  By this time she was publishing more stories in literary magazines and Redbook and Seventeen.  Juggling the needs that came with raising a family and her teaching schedule\, she found a few hours each day to work on her writing. \nAbout the Host\nHeather-Marie Montilla \nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird.
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