Events

Elyssa East, author of Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town Elyssa will read from and discuss her book, a richly braided first-person narrative that delves into Dogtown, an isolated colonial ruin and woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, MA, that has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers and nature lovers. But Dogtown's history is also woven with tales of witches, supernatural sightings, pirates, former slaves, drifters and the scar of a brutal murder that took place there in 1984. In alternating chapters, East interlaces the story of this grisly murder with the strange, dark history of this wilderness ghost town and explores the possibility that certain landscapes wield their own unique power. Book launch party! Patrick Ryan of Granta will interview Elyssa during the event. Facebook RSVP here.