About Burning and Dodging
Tina Gabler, nearing 60, wants to pursue her own creative goals. She gets a job as Peter Bright’s research assistant, a former news anchor working on a book about staged photos in journalism. As she helps Peter track down a photo’s provenance and his estranged Cree daughter, Tina reflects on her own relationship with her father and the balance between personal and collective achievement. “Burning and Dodging” is a funny, thoughtful exploration of how we construct stories about ourselves and others.
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Julie Wittes Schlack is a writer, teacher, manuscript coach, soup lover, would-be matchmaker, and activist. She is a former book reviewer for The Boston Globe and a regular contributor to NPR station WBUR’s journal of ideas and opinions, Cognoscenti
Kirkus Reviews named her cultural memoir in essays, "This All-at-Onceness," one of the best Indie nonfiction books of 2019. Her novel, "Burning and Dodging," will be released in December of 2021. Julie's work has appeared in numerous literary journals such as Shenandoah, The Writer’s Chronicle, Ninth Letter, and The Tampa Review. She has received a Hopwood Award and was a finalist for the Glimmer Train Fiction Award.
Julie lives in a co-housing community in Northampton, Massachusetts with her husband. Her dream Jeopardy categories include Canadian Celebrities, Long-Distance Swimmers, and Music of the 1960s and Early 1970s. Among her nightmare categories are Botany, Mathematics, and The New Testament.