This is the Brooklyn Reading Works event you won’t want to miss. Never heard of a Memoir-A-Thon? That’s because I made it up. It’s sort of a marathon reading of memoirs—but it won’t be long and boring.

Nope. That’s because the writers are each limited to 6 minutes and that will be strictly enforced by my little bell.

At five minutes: ding, ding, ding.

And what a group of writers: Branka Ruzak, Mary Warren, Marian Fontana, Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein, Nica Lalli, Kim Larsen, Carla Thompson and MORE…

Come to this great event and hear the personal stories of these unique writers. Books by these authors will be on sale at the event which is at the Old Stone House at Fifth Avenue and Third Street.

PAULA BERNSTEIN & ELYSE SCHEIN are the authors of Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited,

MARIAN FONTANA is the author of A Widow’s Walk, a memoir of 9/11. 

NICA LALLI is the author of Nothing; Something to Believe In, a memoir of growing up an athiest.

BRANKA RUZAK has
been
a
writer,
producer
and
editor
for
commercial
and corporate
advertising
who
spent
many
childhood
hours
listening
to
her father’s
stories
and
playing
Croatian
folk
music.
Always
an
avid
traveler,her
studies
in
Hindusthani
classical
music,
as
well
as
her
enthusiasm
for Indian
novels,
textiles
and
a
good
cup
of
chai
have
taken
her
to
India
and other
destinations.
She
is
currently
working
on
a
collection
of
essays
about family,
identity,
culture
and
travel.

MARY WARREN is a freelance writer who teaches English at a local college. SHe has two blogs, Mrs. Cleavage’s Diary and Eat, Drink, Memory.

CARLA THOMPSON writes a blog, "The Ride: Life
Lesson for Those Who Can’t Draw a Straight Line", which features her
acerbic and sometimes witty musings on everything from politics to pop
culture. Carla has also written a variety of articles for Women’s
eNews, Black Enterprise, AOL Black Voices and the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution among other publications.

KIM LARSEN’S feature story, "Bad Blood," which reports on the reintroduction of DDT in the fight against malaria in Africa, is the cover story in the winter 2008 edition of OnEarth Magazine. Her essay about the untimely death of a close friend appears in the essay anthology, "The Oldest We’ve Ever Been."