Susan Shapiro



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Food for the Soul
Selections from the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Writers Workshop
Edited by Elizabeth Maxwell and Susan Shapiro

A Seabury Books paperback on sale now

Order at Amazon.com

Featured on The Today Show 11/27/04

Excerpted in New York Times - City Section 11/14/04
Listed in New York Post's "Required Reading" 11/7/04


Upcoming Events:
MEDIABISTRO 5 WEEK SUMMER CLASS
on Tuesday nights from July 8-August 5
two sections: 5:30-7:30 pm & 7:45-9:45
meeting at new Soho address!

SELL YOUR FIRST BOOK SEMINAR
Sunday August 3 from 2 to 8 pm
with editor Shannon Jamieson Vazquez
& literary agent Mark Gerard
Register on Mediabistro.com

THE SHRINKS ARE AWAY READING
with Susan Shapiro, Jonathan Fast, Alice
Feiring, Liza Monroy & Kimberly Auerbach
Wednesday August 6 from 7:30 to 8:30
Free wine & dessert reception to follow
McNally Robinson Booksellers in Soho
52 Prince Street (at Mulberry)

MICHIGAN BORDERS READING
and Secrets of Book Publishing Talk with Sue
& Liza Monroy, MEXICAN HIGH author
Friday August 8th at 6pm
34300 Woodward Avenue
Free & Open to the Public
FALL NEW SCHOOL WRITING CLASSES
Starting again Monday night September 8
Two Sections: 6-8:50 pm and 8-9:50
Call To Register 212-229-5690

THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING PANEL
Wednesday September 10 7-9 pm
at Cooper Union 7 E. 7th Street NYC
$15 to benefit charity. With Panelists:
Jim Roberts, New York Times digital news editor
Robert Miller, President/publisher of HarperStudio &
Hyperion Books former founder/president
Jacob Weisberg, Slate editor-in-chief & author of
"The Bush Tragedy" and the ebook "The Road to Chadville"
Ayesha Parde, literary agent & former FSG editor
Susan Morrison, New Yorker editor & author
of "30 Ways of Looking at Hillary"
John Abell, blogger & Wired's New York bureau chief
Radhika Jones, Time arts editor, formerly with
Paris Review & Grand Street

This collection...from 25 talented participants in a soup kitchen workshop lives up to its title.... funny, gritty, brutally honest - writing that attests to a raw spirituality... informed by life on the streets...Sometimes sweet...sometimes bitter... a nutritious "slice of life" from a workshop truly in the soul-food business.
Publishers Weekly

Poignant stories about life on the street
Time Out New York

The essays and verse provide a window into the diverse lives and personalities of unique individuals...Some are heartwarming, others heartbreaking....If there is this much talent among soup kitchen guests in writing alone, how much more untapped ability there must be just waiting to be brought forth in countless other fields as well.
New York Beacon
These essays, poems, stories from 25 participants in a soup kitchen writing project will make you cry and laugh. Raw and honest, each one is a response to a prompt such as "Where I'm From" or "My Best Mistake." This little volume bursts with nourishment as the holiday season approaches.
Elizabeth Taylor
Chicago Tribune
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Fix-Up Fanatic cover art by Mary Lynn Blasutta