Byrd’s Books is thrilled to welcome local author Chris Belden on Saturday October 19th as he reads from and signs his latest book, “Shriver”.
Chris Belden’s Shriver is a hoot, a farce about mistaken identity set at a writers’ conference where facile poets and pompous novelists declaim, carouse and, possibly, commit murder. In a style somewhere between Evelyn Waugh and Mel Brooks, Belden’s satire lampoons all things literary but also, amazingly, convinces us to care about the fools that these mortals be.
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About the author:
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Chris Belden is the author of Carry-on, also published by Rain Mountain Press. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including American Fiction, SN Review and Skidrow Penthouse. He is co-author (with David Henry) of the feature film Amnesia, and has also written extensively for the stage. He received an MFA from the Fairfield University MFA Program, and has taught writing at Fairfield University, as well as at such nontraditional venues as senior centers, soup kitchens, and Garner Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in Newtown. Chris Belden lives in Connecticut with his family.
