James Lasdun, a Woodstock resident since the early 1990s, has published fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, essays, and a memoir. He has also written screenplays and contributed to The New Yorker. In our conversation, Lasdun discussed his approach to writing “The Family Man,” an account of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh and the murders of […]
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Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Julie Fogliano
Julie Fogliano’s first picture book began as a late-night thought sent to a friend: “First, you have brown.” Fogliano, a New York Times bestselling children’s author who has lived in West Shokan for 20 years, was then raising two young children and trying to find her voice through a daily writing practice. The thought became […]
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Woodstock
Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Abigail Thomas Part 2
Abigail Thomas, a Woodstock resident for the last 22 years, has had a remarkable 60-plus-year literary journey as an award-winning author of memoirs, novels, short stories, essays, poems and children’s books. Early in her career, Abby worked as a “slush reader” for Viking Press, a book editor, and a literary representative. She has also been […]
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Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Abigail Thomas
Abigail Thomas, a Woodstock resident for the last 22 years, has had a remarkable 60-plus-year literary journey as an award-winning author of memoirs, novels, short stories, essays, poems and children’s books. Early in her career, Abby worked as a “slush reader” for Viking Press, a book editor, and a literary representative. She has also been […]
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Shandaken
Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Rebecca Rego Barry
Rebecca Rego Barry is a bibliophile, a book historian, library preservationist, archivist, magazine editor, and the author of hundreds of articles, essays, book reviews, and two books. Rebecca lives in Chichester, a hamlet of Shandaken, with her husband Brett Barry, the host of the popular Catskills’ podcast “Kaatscast.” The couple recently became part owners of […]
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Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Mikhail Horowitz
Mikhail Horowitz is a poet, writer, journalist, musician, satirist, performance artist and activist who has written more than 3,000 poems (“maybe 25 are any good,” he says), along with book reviews, spoofs and satires. His work includes “Spoon River Apology,” performed at the Woodstock Community Center last June. Horowitz lived in the Town of Saugerties […]
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Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Martha Frankel
Martha Frankel is the ultimate storyteller. Founder of the Woodstock BookFest, producer of Woodstock’s Story Slams, a book writer, book reviewer, essayist and celebrity profiler, writing teacher and editor, she does it all. In her conversation with The Overlook, Martha reflects on her love for personal storytelling and her life as a multi-venue storyteller, “I’m […]
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Writers of the Catskills: In Conversation with Elizabeth Lesser
A longtime Woodstock resident, New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder of the Omega Institute, a two-time TED speaker, and one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100—a group of leaders recognized for using their voices to elevate humanity. In her conversation with The Overlook, Lesser reflected on her literary and spiritual journey, […]
