This engaging dialogue offers readers and writers a rare opportunity to hear two distinctive literary voices in conv ersation. The authors will reflect on their lives as writers\, and matters of craft and imagination. A book signing and audience Q&\;A will follo w the program.
\nThomas Moore is the author of Care of the Soul and 30 other books on soul and spirit. \;He has a new book coming out in July\, The Cure at Walden Pond. \;In it he i ncludes short passages from Thoreau&rsquo\;s journals along with five-page responses. \;In his youth Thomas was a Catholic monk and later recei ved a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University. He also has deg rees in music composition and in theology. \;He has lived in the Mona dnock area for thirty years with his wife\, artist Joan Hanley\, and his c hildren Abe and Siobhá\;n. He has been on Oprah twice and now teache s a year-long online course called Imaginal Psychology and speaks all over the world on the themes of his writings.
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Andrew Krivá\;k \;is the author of fi ve novels\, two chapbooks of poetry\, and two works of nonfiction. His 201 1 debut novel\, \;The Sojourn\, was a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction and the inaugu ral Chautauqua Prize. He followed \;The Sojourn \;with \;The S ignal Flame\, set in fictional Dardan\, Pennsylvania. His third novel\,&nb sp\;The Bear\, received the Banff Mountain Book Prize for fiction\, the Ma ssachusetts Book Award\, and was a four-time National Endowment for the Ar ts Big Read title. \;Like the Appearance of Horses\, released in 2023\ , returned to the characters and landscape of Dardan\, Pennsylvania and wa s a \;Library Journal \;selection for &ldquo\;Best Literary Fictio n of 2023.&rdquo\; His fifth novel\, \;Mule Boy\, was released in Febr uary 2026.
\nHe holds a BA from St. John&rsquo\;s College\, Annapoli s\; an MFA in poetry from Columbia University\; an MA in philosophy from F ordham\; and a PhD in literary modernism from Rutgers. Currently\, Andrew is a discussion facilitator with the New Hampshire Department of Correctio ns \;Family Connections \;Center\, and a Visiting Lecturer on Engl ish at Harvard. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville\, Massachusetts\, and Jaffrey\, New Hampshire.
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Books will be available for purchase in pa rtnership with Toadstool Bookshop. \; \;
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