The Kickstand’s Winter Salon: Obsession

The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells. Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience in the company of Margot Livesey, Steve Almond and Ron MacLean.

Margot Livesey is the author of eight novels including The Flight of Gemma Hardy and, most recently, Mercury.  The Hidden Machinery: Essays on the Craft of Writing will be published in 2017.  She teaches at the Iowa Writers’  Workshop.

Steve Almond is the author of eight books of fiction and non-fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Best American Mysteries, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. His essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine and elsewhere.

Ron MacLean is the author of Headlong, winner of the 2013 Indie Book Award for Best Mystery, and two previous books: Blue Winnetka Skies, and Why the Long Face? His short fiction has appeared in GQ, Narrative, Fiction International, Best Online Fiction 2010, and elsewhere. He is a recipient of the Frederick Exley Award for Short Fiction and a multiple Pushcart Prize nominee. He holds a Doctor of Arts from the University at Albany, SUNY, and teaches at Grub Street in Boston. Learn more at www.ronmaclean.net.