Each week, The Colorado Sun and Colorado Humanities & Center For The Book feature an excerpt from a Colorado book and an interview with the author. Read the Colorado Sun Interview here… talking about Colorado Book Award Finalist, “Soft Hearted Stories: Seeking Saviors, Cowboy Stylists, and Other Fallacies of Authoritarianism”
A review at High Country News here. A review on the book Narrow River, Wide Sky: A Memoir.
Natalie Singer and I will be talking about her new memoir, California Calling, published by the Mighty Hawthorne Books! Come to the downtown Powell’s, Portland! See you there.
With deepest gratitude to everyone who’s sent me wonderful messages and said beautiful things after reading the book. Thank you to interviewers and booksellers and everyone who’s supported this project and supported me.
Author Q&A: Jenny Forrester of Portland’s Unchaste Readers series discusses new memoir with Amy Wang from The Oregonian
The West, Two Ways: An Excerpt from Jenny Forrester’s New Memoir
In Narrow River, Wide Sky, the local writer mines her childhood culture shock in Colorado.
With deepest thanks to Sarah Gibbon for the interview. Sarah Gibbon is a Portland-based writer. She is currently enrolled in the Creative Writing and Publishing Certificate Program at the IPRC and is working on a memoir project. You can follow her works in progress at tapatu.net.
Kate Carroll De Gutes interviewed me, and my answer to authenticity/being authentic had to do with navigating my sensitivity.
