News about Elyssa East and Dogtown

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Dogtown wins the 2010 L.L. Winship/P.E.N. New England Award in Nonfiction!
Dogtown named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards!
Dogtown receives a New York Times Sunday Book Review Editors' Choice Selection
Dogtown wins a Preservation Award from the Gloucester Historic Commission.
Read “The Summer Before” Elyssa's review of FINDING CHANDRA for the New York Times Sunday Book Review
Elyssa reviews a bittersweet memoir called CAKEWALK for the Kansas City Star.
In February 2010, Elyssa happened upon a live chicken in Manhattan and took her home. Here is her story in New York Magazine.
Read “Murder by the Drop” Elyssa's review of THE POISONER'S HANDBOOK in the New York Times Sunday Book Review
Read “A Moveable Fast” Elyssa's New York Times Thanksgiving Day Op-ed
Elyssa and the Boston Herald go to Dogtown
Elyssa talks with Boston Magazine about poets, painters, and murder
The Atlanta Journal Constitution interviews Elyssa about growing up in Georgia and writing about New England
Take a Literary Walk Through Dogtown with Elyssa in the Gloucester Daily Times
Read the Marietta Daily Journal’s eerie and elegiac story about Dogtown

Upcoming Dogtown Events

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Paperback release date. Check back for events and other details.

Past Dogtown Events

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7:30 PM
Dogtown launch party at WORD Brooklyn
126 Franklin St. Brooklyn, NY 11222
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
7:00 PM
Rockport Library with Toad Hall Bookstore
17 School St., Rockport, MA, 01966
Saturday, January 09, 2010
2:00 PM
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA 01930
Monday, January 11, 2010
7:00 PM
River Run Bookstore
20 Congress St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
Friday, January 29, 2010
7:00 PM
Paragraph Member Reading Series KGB Bar
85 E 4th St., New York, NY 10003
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
7:00 PM
South Portland Maine Borders Bookstore
430 Gorham Rd, South Portland, ME 04106
Thursday, February 04, 2010
7:30 PM
Salem State College
352 Lafayette St., Salem, MA 01970
Saturday, February 06, 2010
1:00 PM
Cornerstone Books
45 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970
Sunday, February 07, 2010
2:00 PM
Cape Ann Community Cinema
21 Main St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
7:00 PM
Manchester By The Book
27 Union St., Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
Thursday, February 11, 2010
6:00 PM
The Book Rack
52 State St., Newburyport, MA 01950
Friday, February 12, 2010
7:00 PM
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
561 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101
Thursday, February 18, 2010
8:00 PM
Literary Death Match
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
Sunday, February 28, 2010
7:00 PM
Eyedrum with A Capella Books
290 MLK Jr. Dr. SE, Ste 8, Atlanta, GA 30312
Monday, March 01, 2010
7:00 PM
Kennesaw State University
Student Center, University Room B, 1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw GA 30144
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
7:00 PM
St. James Episcopal Church
161 Church St., Marietta, GA 30060
Friday, March 12, 2010
4:00-5:00 PM
LitChat
Participate on Twitter with the hashtag #litchat
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
7:00 PM
KGB Bar Nonfiction Night
85 E 4th St., New York, NY 10003
Sunday, March 28, 2010
3:00 PM
P.E.N. New England Award Ceremony
J.F.K. Presidential Library & Museum
Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
Thursday, April 15, 2010
7:00 PM
Andover Bookstore
89R Main St., Andover, MA 01810
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
7:00 PM
Porter Square Books
Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White St., Cambridge, MA 02140
Saturday, April 24, 2010
1:00 P.M.
Newburyport Literary Festival
Greek Orthodox Church Annunciation, 7 Harris St., Newburyport, MA 01950
Thursday, May 20, 2010
7:00 PM
Cary Memorial Library
1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420

Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town, by Elyssa East (book jacket)

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