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new album: This DanceRead my short story: "amphibians" (Maine, Speedos, planes, fiddleheads)
in nowhere magazine; nominated for a pushcart prize and collected in the 10th Anniversary Print Annual (forthcoming spring 2018) ![]() New hat and old pumpkins.
*A Thousand and One Nights* has been re-released as an e-book and paperback. Thanks, Untreed Reads.untreed Reads
Cited as a "Great Summer Read"! (It's great winter read too.) ![]() Lara Tupper is the author of A Thousand and One Nights (Harcourt and Untreed Reads), an autobiographical novel about singers at sea, and Off Island, a fictional re-imagining of Paul Gauguin's messy marriage (TBD). With filmmaker Greg Eismin she co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Thousand and One Nights. (Christopher Guest, we love you.) Her work has appeared in Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak (Harper Perennial), The Believer, Five Chapters, Epiphany and other literary magazines. A graduate of Wesleyan University (BA English) and the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College (MFA Creative Writing), she taught at Rutgers University for nine years and now presents writing workshops and retreats in Massachusetts. A jazz/pop singer, she has crooned in a number of Middle Eastern and Asian cities and now performs with lovely musicians throughout New England. Her first full-length CD, This Dance, will be released on January 27, 2018. Lara remains a proud member of the Authors Guild and the BMIFC (Barry Manilow International Fan Club); she has recently become a Little Free Librarian. Please see MUSIC CALENDAR and WRITING CLASSES for her upcoming gigs, readings, editing services and workshops.
"Both an off-kilter take on the conventional coming-of-age tale and a sly commentary on the underbelly of celebrity culture, this truly original book is basically uncategorizable—blissfully so."--Elle.com
"Funny and insightful and told in prose as resilient as Karla's spirit. Keep an eye on Lara Tupper; she is sure to go far." --Rebecca Oppenheimer, National Book Critics' Circle ![]() This book is guaranteed to make you warmer.
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"Lara Tupper is another of our region’s multi-talented individuals who is successfully living her passions." new short story: "amphibians"
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