Elizabeth Searle: A writer fascinated with the dark side of American culture

Elizabeth Searle (Photo by Mark Karlsberg/Studio11)

Doug Holder of the blog Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene interviewed Boston writer Elizabeth Searle, author of Girl Held in Home.

Doug Holder writes:

Writer Elizabeth Searle talks with a rapid-fire cadence, has an engaging laugh, and an optimistic sparkle to her eyes. But beneath this lies a writer who is interested in the darker side of American culture-the side obsessed with competition and winning at all costs.

I talked with Searle on my Somerville Community Access TV show: Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer.

Literary Death Match returns to the Oberon Sept. 12 with ‘How to Be Black’ author Baratunde Thurston, Rob Potylo, more

Baratunde Thurston

Literary Death Match will return to the Oberon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, starting at 8:15pm sharp with How to Be Black author Baratunde Thurston and local writers Molly Birnbaum, Carissa Halston and Ori Fienberg.