She resides and writes in Portland, Maine. In addition to Blue Plate Special, Kate is the author of six novels, including The Epicure’s Lament, the PEN/Faulkner award winning The Great Man, and The Astral. No one is allowed into this universe unless they intimidate beginning writers, forcing them to humble themselves by rolling in the slime of adverbs and misplaced commas.Īnything but intimidating, Kate Christensen is warm, generous with her time, and completely natural. I tend to romanticize well-published writers, believing they live in an alternate universe where people stroll in parks reciting Chaucer out loud. Granted, I fell in love with her books a while ago, but to have the chance to witness an esteemed writer behave as if they existed on the human plane was a gift. It was then I thought, I am in love with this woman. I can never figure out how to say assuaged. All was proceeding well during Kate Christensen’s reading from her memoir, Blue Plate Special, when she came to the word, “assuaged.” She stopped, tried the word several times, then asked the audience, “Is that right? How do you say this?” Someone called out the pronunciation and Kate, smiling, said, “Thanks.
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