519 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101
USA
Back Cove Books and Mechanics’ Hall present the launch of Ryan Brod’s debut essay collection: Tributaries: Essays from Woods & Waters with Justin Tussing, director of the Stonecoast MFA program
Join us at Mechanics’ Hall on Wednesday, October 11th, at 6:00 PM, to celebrate the launch of Ryan Brod’s debut essay collection, Tributaries: Essays from Woods & Waters. Joining Ryan will be Justin Tussing, the director of the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing and the Stonecoast Writers’ Conference.
Free, registration required. Mechanics’ Hall is located at 519 Congress St, Portland
Tributaries: Essays from Woods & Waters is a collection of contemporary outdoor narratives exploring the line between passion and obsession.
Through the lens of a late-30-something, Tributaries explores the complex, evolving relationships between fathers and sons, between fishing buddies, between anglers and guides, and between outdoorspeople and the landscapes they cherish.
From pine-encroached rivers of Maine’s Aroostook County, to the turquoise flats of Florida Bay, Tributaries draws unexpected parallels between places, investigating the ways in which landscapes impact our lives and relationships. Rendered in vivid detail, Tributaries examines tension between presence and memory, illuminating fleeting yet transcendent moments that stay with us forever.
Ryan Brod‘s writing has appeared in River Teeth: A journal of Nonfiction Narrative, Tahoma Literary Review, The Maine Review, and Gray’s Sporting Journal, among many others, and he’s a senior contributor at The Drake magazine. A Maine native, fishing guide, and filmmaker, he grew up in Smithfield and now lives in Portland. He teaches first-year writing and creative nonfiction at the University of New England.
Justin Tussing is the author of the novels Vexation Lullaby and The Best People in the World. He is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Maine, where he directs the Stonecoast MFA program and the Stonecoast Writers’ Conference.