On the Huffington Post's book page, author Elizabeth Benedict has written a thoughtful and probing review of Michael Downing's (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Finalist '08) memoir Life with Sudden Death (as you may recall, we interviewed Michael about the book on ArtSake). I enjoyed how the review deeply engages the book on its own terms. From the review: ... it's a compelling … [Read more...]
Michael Downing, writing for his life
What do you do when the discovery of a genetic heart condition threatens not only your life (its first symptom: sudden death) and your health (thanks to a string of medical disasters) but also the very authority to tell your own life story? If you're Michael Downing, whose memoir Life with Sudden Death has just been published, you address all threats with the same … [Read more...]