Edward Kelsey Moore ~ Appearing Soon!
making music or discussing writing
Edward Kelsey Moore making music. . .
Edward Kelsey Moore ~ Chicago Sinfonietta
Get Out
at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30 PM
The Chicago Sinfonietta will perform live orchestral accompaniment to a screening of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele’s Get Out. This is the film’s Midwest premiere with a live orchestra. The special conductor is Michael Abels, who knows his way around the movie’s heart-pounding musical soundtrack since he composed it! Get Out, nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, is a film that is equal parts gripping thriller and provocative social commentary.
Rated R (for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references).
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Parents are urged to learn more about the film before bringing their young children with them.
Edward Kelsey Moore will perform among his Chicago Sinfonietta orchestra colleagues in this event.
Groups of 10 or more can receive discounts. Additional discounts are available for college students and young professionals. Click here for discount details!
Get Out with the Chicago Sinfonietta
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Auditorium Theatre ~ 50 East Ida B Wells Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Get Out
at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30 PM
The Chicago Sinfonietta will perform live orchestral accompaniment to a screening of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele’s Get Out. This is the film’s Midwest premiere with a live orchestra. The special conductor is Michael Abels, who knows his way around the movie’s heart-pounding musical soundtrack since he composed it! Get Out, nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, is a film that is equal parts gripping thriller and provocative social commentary.
Rated R (for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references).
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Parents are urged to learn more about the film before bringing their young children with them.
Edward Kelsey Moore will perform among his Chicago Sinfonietta orchestra colleagues in this event.
Groups of 10 or more can receive discounts. Additional discounts are available for college students and young professionals. Click here for discount details!
Get Out with the Chicago Sinfonietta
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Auditorium Theatre ~ 50 East Ida B Wells Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Recently Published. . .
Edward Kelsey Moore ~ Why I Like This Story
If you are a teacher, a literary scholar, a writer
interested in the process of other writers OR a reader
who likes a challenge, then a recently published collection of essays,
Why I Like This Story, is a project after your own heart.
Years ago Jackson R. Bryer, the editor of this collection, began asking authors to choose a favorite short story and then write about it. Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by
forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories --
explaining why they like them.
The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they also tell us a good deal about the author of the essay, about what elements of fiction he or she values. Among the contributors to the book are Julia Alvarez, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Alan Cheuse, Andre Dubus, William H. Gass, Julia Glass,
Jane Hamilton, Jill McCorkle, Alice McDermott, Edward Kelsey Moore,
Annie Proulx, Joan Silber, Elizabeth Spencer, Mako Yoshikawa, and many more.
Please note that the actual short stories which inspired the author essays are not included in Why I Like This Story. To fully appreciate Edward Kelsey Moore’s seven page essay on the story, Blessed Assurance by Langston Hughes, you will need to seek out the short story — and likewise all the other short stories referred to in these essays. If you love great fiction, then this is the best kind of treasure hunt. Your allies on this quest are your local bookstore, online merchants, and perhaps you can find some of the short stories available on the internet.
Happy hunting — happy reading!
If you are a teacher, a literary scholar, a writer
interested in the process of other writers OR a reader
who likes a challenge, then a recently published collection of essays,
Why I Like This Story, is a project after your own heart.
Years ago Jackson R. Bryer, the editor of this collection, began asking authors to choose a favorite short story and then write about it. Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by
forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories --
explaining why they like them.
The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they also tell us a good deal about the author of the essay, about what elements of fiction he or she values. Among the contributors to the book are Julia Alvarez, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Alan Cheuse, Andre Dubus, William H. Gass, Julia Glass,
Jane Hamilton, Jill McCorkle, Alice McDermott, Edward Kelsey Moore,
Annie Proulx, Joan Silber, Elizabeth Spencer, Mako Yoshikawa, and many more.
Please note that the actual short stories which inspired the author essays are not included in Why I Like This Story. To fully appreciate Edward Kelsey Moore’s seven page essay on the story, Blessed Assurance by Langston Hughes, you will need to seek out the short story — and likewise all the other short stories referred to in these essays. If you love great fiction, then this is the best kind of treasure hunt. Your allies on this quest are your local bookstore, online merchants, and perhaps you can find some of the short stories available on the internet.
Happy hunting — happy reading!
Why I Like This Story
Edited by Jackson R. Bryer
ISBN: 9781640140585
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Camden House
-- NEW! Podcast --
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New York Times Bestselling authors Melanie Benjamin and Edward Kelsey Moore recently launched a new podcast: Who The Hell Are We? A couple of times a month they'll share a lively conversation about identity, books, and also cocktails (the latter having an inspiring and transforming effect on the former). You can listen to full episodes anytime FREE! by searching for the podcast title at GooglePlay / Apple Podcasts or using whatever podcast app you prefer. Listen, discover and laugh along with these two fascinating writers! Click the More Info button for details.
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To find information on Edward Kelsey Moore's most recent novel
~ The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues ~ in Hardcover, E-Book, and Audiobook
~ The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues ~ in Hardcover, E-Book, and Audiobook
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues received *starred* reviews
from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!
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