Storrs Library and Bellastoria Press are excited to present a virtual dual author reading! Longmeadow natives Chris Boucher and Katharine Houston-Voss will be reading from their new books: Big Giant Floating Head by Boucher and memoir Loving Every Awkward Step: a humorous memoir about clubfoot, life choices, and surviving being different by Houston-Voss. Join us as these two friends reunite to share their stories and process. The readings will be followed by a Q&A discussion.
Christopher Boucher is the author of the novels How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive (2011), Golden Delicious (2016) and Big Giant Floating Head (2019), all out from Melville House. He’s also the editor of Jonathan Lethem’s nonfiction collection More Alive and Less Lonely (Melville House, 2017) and the Managing Editor of the literary journal Post Road. Boucher currently lives in Northampton and teaches writing and literature at Boston College. More information can be found at his website, christopherboucher.net.
Born with both feet upside-down and backwards, Katharine Houston-Voss endured stares and answered awkward questions from the age of four. Those experiences developed a razor-sharp wit and a defiant spirit. Although she longed to blend in, she figured if she couldn’t, she’d better stick out. Houston-Voss began writing her memoir when she was thirty-two and recovering from her fifth surgery on her left foot, her seventh surgery overall. By the time she finished the book ten years later, she realized that her perspective had changed: As a child, she desperately wanted to blend in, but as a mom, she wants her son to know it’s okay to be different. Learn more at https://www.khoustonvoss.com/.
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