Last RCWS event

Last night was the final River City Writers Series event for the semester and school year. This was the first one I went to that had more than one author. I liked it though because it broke it up. Sometimes the readings can drag and get a little boring when it's just one person talking the whole time, but this was a good mix-up.

The first author was Christine Kenneally. She read from her book about the evolution of language. All the previous works I had read of hers were all somewhat scientific. This book was no different. I'm not really in to the whole science thing but it was interesting to hear her work. She was Australian too so she had a cool accent. I found it very interesting that all three writers wrote about subjects that were true and had to be researched in depth to write about them. I know how much research sucks and I hate doing it so I gave them all props for that.

The second reader was Josh Prager. I really liked his presence. His book was also a factual report of the most famour baseball game in the 1950's. He talked about interviewing the players and the scandal behind the game. It was really interesting to hear about his meeting with the players.

Third was Stacey Sullivan. She wrote a book war and how one man in New York single handedly set up his own militia and sent the supplies and weapons. You never think that one person can make a difference but in this case he did. Because of his help, $30 million was raised and he helped his army kill many of the enemy. They are heroes now.

The three people were just very interesting to listen to. It's hard to sit that long and be attentive when you're so ADD like me, but it was really good.