Local authors in conversation on Rome at Ink Fish Books, Thursday, May 21, 6 PM

Join local authors Alizah Holstein and Traer Scott as they discuss their experiences in Rome and their relationship to the city and it’s communities.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Alizah Holstein

A decade ago, Alizah Holstein set out to write a story that wove her personal history as a young scholar with the history of medieval Rome. The goal was to search for confluences between her life and the distant past, and thereby, to interrogate the relationship between individual life stories and “History.” Inspired by an array of Italian writers from Dante to Elsa Morante, she examined an academic formation and a long story with the city of Rome and asked why we love the things we do, how history shapes our lives, and what enduring gifts education can bestow.

Alizah Holstein holds a PhD in history from Cornell University and an MFA in nonfiction writing and literary translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Providence, Rhode Island.

Traer Scott

Traer Scott is an award-winning photographer and bestselling author of fifteen books. Her work focuses on animals, postmodern feminism and the Anthropocene.

Her work is exhibited around the world and is regularly featured in national and international print and online publications. Her books have been reviewed in National Geographic, Life, Vogue, the New York Times Lens Blog, O, the Boston Globe, School Library Journal (starred review), the Wall Street Journal, American Photo Magazine, Le Monde, Der Stern, Popular Photography, and Popular Science, among numerous other outlets.

She is a two time recipient of Rhode Island State Council for the Arts grants and winner of the Helen Woodward Humane Award for animal welfare activism. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband, daughter and dogs.