Emily Avery-Miller

Writer, The ARTery

Emily Avery-Miller has contributed reviews, essays and prose to publications including Art New England and Foreword Reviews. She teaches writing at Northeastern University.

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The Boston Public Library as seen in June 2015. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Greater Boston Writers Organize To Defend Freedom Of Expression In Trump Era

Inspired by a national movement started in 2017, a group of Boston writers are rallying to celebrate resistance and persistence this weekend at the Boston Public Library.

Newburyport Literary Festival Focuses This Year On How Reading Could Change Your Life

On Friday and Saturday, the North Shore town will be bustling with big name authors like Ann Hood, Tom Perrotta and Stephen McCauley.

Watertown Library Wants To Unite A Community Through A Book

“Refuge” offers rich territory for discussion of what immigration can mean for an individual and a family, beyond a simplified narrative of departure, arrival and assimilation.

How Should We Honor Our Dead? 'From Here To Eternity' Imagines A Better Way

Former mortician Caitlin Doughty laments that death has become a nasty business in the U.S. and traveled the world to see how our interactions with mortality might be different.

Claire Messud's 'Burning Girl' Forces Us To Recognize How Perceptive Teens Could Be

The mysterious coming-of-age tale is told from an observer on the periphery -- from an unrequited crush, dealing with parents’ expectations to the estrangement from a childhood friend.

Defying Genre, 'The Fact Of A Body' Artfully Narrates 2 Painful Stories

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s empathetic investigation into a horrible crime, and then, her own history, questions how we make sense of complex stories.

Invasion Of The Biographers — Annual Conference Celebrates Craft

The Biographers International Organization (BIO) Conference brings together 200 practicing biographers to “reflect on the importance of fact and truth,” says Nigel Hamilton, a founding member of the organization.

Local Coverage

May 17, 2017

Poet Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil in 1955. (Courtesy Houghton Mifflin)

'Writing The Poems Back Into The Life': Biography Delves Into Elizabeth Bishop's Devotion To Poetry

Biographer Megan Marshall uncovers the woman whose dedication to her art gave rise to 101 beloved poems and inspired many readers and writers.

Local Coverage

Feb 6, 2017