Marian Fontana — A Widow’s Walk












	READINGS \| RADIO \| TV \| PRINT \| SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS READINGS The Brooklyn Writers Space Reading Series ::PRESENTS:: *Rachel Kash::Donnaldson Brown* *Caedra Scott-Flaherty::Marian Fontana* APRIL 15TH @ 7PM BookCourt 163 Court Street (btw Pacific & Dean) Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 875-3677 ...Free... The March 6, 2011 Sundays at Sunny's Reading A special reading: a bunch of writers read an excerpt by someone else that Knocked Their Socks Off! The series, co-sponsored by BookCourt bookstore (718-875-3677), takes place on the first Sunday of the month at 3:00 p.m at Sunny's, a legendary old bar on the Brooklyn waterfront in Red Hook at 253 Conover Street(between Beard & Reed Streets). You can buy books and get them signed by the authors. ADMISSION: $5. The bar (cash) will be open. Free coffee and Italian pastries and cookies will be provided. Bar telephone (only available when the bar is open): 718-625-8211. Valentines day reading A Dark and Twisted Valentine’s Day with Mischief and Mayhem "My Ex-Boyfriend from Hell" and Other Tales. Skip the predictable roses-chocolates routine and flaunt the messy side of romance — from disappointment and cheating to revenge — with editors from Mischief and Mayhem, dubbed “the book industry’s new danger brigade” by the New York Observer. With Max Blagg (What Love Sees in the Distance) Lisa Dierbeck (The Autobiography of Jenny X), Marian Fontana (A Widow’s Walk), New Yorker editor Ben Greenman (Celebrity Chekhov), Dale Peck (Sprout) and Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief). Audience members are invited to bring wrathful letters to an ex, for submission to the new webzine,Wildrag. 02/14 7:00-8:30 pm Housing Works Used Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby Street between East Houston-Prince B,D,F,M, 6 Admission: Free Housing Works contact: 212-334-3324 Thursday April 29, 2010 12th Annual Staten Island Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn. Pre-register or purchase Keynote Tickets online at www.siedc.org & receive 2 entries for the Grand Raffle Prize! Call (718) 477-1400 for more information. March 26 - 28, 2010 Writer/Teacher/Reader - Writers at the Beach Conference Atlantic Sands Hotel, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Thursday March 11, 2010 at 7pm - 8:25 pm 9/11 Memoirist Marian Fontana: Join us for an author reading and conversation with Marian Fontana. A 9/11 firefighter widow and author of the book "A Widow's Walk", Marian shares an inspiring life story of love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. Co-sponsored by the Mayor's Woman's Initiative of Nutley. Located on Second floor Nutley Public Library 93 Booth Drive, Nutley NJ 07110 973-667-0405 Wednesday February 10, 2010 at 7pm The Brooklyn Writers Space presents: Marian Fontana, Anna Solomon, Matt van Buren, Ginger Cofield at BookCourt 163 Court Street (btw Pacific and Dean) Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 3pm Once again you are invited to come hear some of New York's finest published authors read in a beautiful old waterfront bar. We’ll be mixing things up at Sunny’s this month, with a new batch of poetry from a Sunny’s alum, a nonfiction exploration of why it’s so difficult to talk about pain, and a funny and poignant true dating tale. The February Sundays at Sunny’s reading will feature: Marian Fontana Nonfiction writer, author of A Widows Walk: A Memoir of 9/11 David Biro, M.D. Nonfiction writer, author of The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief and One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient Priscilla Becker Poet, author of Internal West March 16-18th 2007 Keynote Speaker and guest teacher Writers at the beach: Pure Sea Glass Rehoboth Beach, DE www.writersatthebeach.com January 25, 2007 Money: The Last Taboo 92nd Street Y Reading Series Steinhardt Building 35 West 67th St $12.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door December 12, 2006 BWS Reading Series at Bisquit 230 5th avenue at President st Park Slope, Brooklyn Doors Open at 6:30pm FREE September 10th, 2006 — 4:30 PM The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Philipse Manor Railroad Station 300 Riverside Drive Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591-1414 914-332-5953 (Fax: 914-332-4825) www.writerscenter.org return to top RADIO Thursday, January 25, 2007 Brian Leherer, WNYC radio 11:00 am Money Changes Everything: Marian discusses her essay in a new anthology edited by Elissa Schappell and Jenny Offill Monday, September 11, 2006 ABC Radio Network Satellite Tour — check local listings. Sunday, September 10th, 2006 "Satellite Sisters" Syndicated Radio. Airs in NYC on WLIB from 10 am to 1 pm. For a complete list of stations check www.satellitesisters.com return to top TV Monday, September 11, 2006 FOX News Channel “Hannity & Colmes” — 9 pm - check local listings Sunday, September 10, 2006 ABC-TV “Weekend Good Morning America” — 7–9am — one of several interviewees for 2 ½-min piece about faith in post-9/11 world return to top PRINT August 21, 2006 Publisher’s Weekly — recommended read in 9/11 book roundup return to top SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS March 16-18 2007 Key note Speaker at Writers at the Beach October 28, 2006 Key Note Speaker at Women's Expo in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin September 3, 2006 Massachusetts School of Law Educational Forum - “A Widow’s Walk” will air on Sunday, Sept. 3, on Comcast (CN8) at 11:00 a.m. in the New England area, and will air on Sunday, Sept. 3, at 9:00 a.m. in the mid-atlantic area. June 2, 2006 Commencement Speaker at Massachussets School of Law where Marian Received Honorary Law Degree. To read speech The listings above are subject to change. Please check venue websites, or call venues to confirm appearances. return to top 2005 APPEARANCES \| COMMENCEMENT SPEECH \| TOP

Praise for A Widow’s Walk

Every survivor of 9/11 has a story to tell, but Marian Fontana seems uniquely qualified to tell hers and in doing so, embraces every victim’s spectrum of loss, grief, and closure that seems just out of reach. As a comedienne, actress, and writer, she brings to “Widow's Walk” an articulate presence, at once a compellingly readable love story, a slice of American history, and a hefty dose of the spunky determination that made her into an activist for improved working conditions for firefighters and other emergency responders and president of the 9/11 Widows and Victims Family Association. There has been, and there will be much more written about the events of September 11, 201, but readers owe it to themselves to share Marian Fontana's remarkable and inspiring story with its clear message of hope, not despair, in the face of the unthinkable.

—Mary Garrett, The Advocate

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