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Lounge Lit: Readings with a Twist

If you're tired of the same old literary reading scene, imagine how the authors must feel! We're going to shake things up by inviting some literary talent (including William Giraldi, Kate Racculia, and Anna Solomon) and mixing them with some professional readers (including Sopranos actress Marianne Leone and Radio Boston's Adam Ragusea). Scroll down to read more about all of the presenters. You'll never hear dialogue the same way again! Dramatic, funny, confrontational, unexpected--no matter what, it's sure to be fantastic.

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William Giraldi

William Giraldi, a senior editor at AGNI, has had work published in the New York Times Book Review and Georgia Review, among others. He has received a Pushcart Prize and was listed among Most Notable Essays in Best American Essays 2010 for "Freaky Beast." Giraldi currently teaches in the Arts and Sciences Writing Program at Boston University. Giraldi's debut novel, Busy Monsters, was published in 2011.

Kate Racculia

Kate Racculia, raised in Syracuse, New York, attended the University of Buffalo. Racculia received her MFA from Emerson College and now resides in Boston. Her first novel, This Must Be the Place, was published in 2010 and named a "2011 Must Read Book" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Racculia is currently working on her second novel.

Anna Solomon

Anna Solomon received her BA from Brown University and her MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and she now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Her fiction has appeared in One Story, The Georgia Review, The Harvard Review, and elsewhere, while her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine. Her work has twice been awarded the Pushcart Prize, as well as the Missouri Review's 2011 Editor's Prize. Solomon's first novel, The Little Bride, was published in 2011. 

Marianne Leone Cooper

Marianne Leone Cooper was raised outside of Boston and has played acclaimed roles in the film Goodfellas and the HBO series The Sopranos. She has written screenplays, several essays, and a memoir, Knowing Jesse, which chronicles her experience raising a son with cerebral palsy. After her son's death, Marianne and her husband, the actor Chris Cooper, founded the Jesse Cooper Foundation, which advocates for disabled children. Marianne currently lives and writes in a small town on the south shore of Massachusetts.

Adam Ragusea

Adam Ragusea, a reporter and associate producer for WBUR's Radio Boston, began his work in radio as a classical music announcer. Ragusea started at WBUR in 2008. His interests include urban planning, transportation, and arts and culture, all of which he explores through his work on Radio Boston.