Join us for our new reading series, Page by Page: On Craft & Other Writerly Pursuits. Hosted by Julie Poole, this event will include a short reading, followed by an interview with a writer about a particular writing-related topic, and conclude with an audience Q&A.   

This month’s topic is The Art of Memoir: Writing About Trauma, Healing and All the Stuff in Between and our guest is Spike Gillespie.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of many books and countless magazine articles. Austin Chronicle readers voted her Best Memoirist in Austin in 2016 and 2017. She writes the blogs EmotionalRapeSurvivor.com and MeditationKicksAss.com. Spike’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, GQ, Esquire, Elle, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, Interweave KNITS, The Christian Science Monitor, Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News, and other publications. In 2006, Austin Chronicle readers voted her Best Author in Austin. Spike also provides commentary for Austin’s NPR affiliate, KUT. She lives on a ranch just outside of Austin with horses, cows, chickens, and dogs.

Julie Poole is a proud Malvernian. She has held internships at Tin House Magazine and Books and Bitch Media. She was also a reader for Bat City Review and the CLMP Firecracker Awards.