Author Reading on The Greatest Indoor Reading Series (TGI),
     Friday, September 4, 2020 at 8pm EST on Zoom
  

     Abby will read from her recent short fiction and poetry.
Participant on "Fighting Future and Present Dystopias" panel at the Association for Asian American Studies
Friday, April 10, 2020 at 4:30pm in Washington D.C., CANCELLED

Abby will discuss her research on Gish Jen's recently released novel, The Resisters.
Writing Panel participant at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
June 29, 2019 at 1:30pm at the University of California, Davis

Abby will discuss the writing approach for her work-in-progress. She will specifically discuss her research and writing about the Centralia, Pennsylvania underground coal fire.
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Creative Nonfiction Writing with Abby Manzella
Oct. 6, 2018 at 5:30 at Kennedy Library in Muncie, Indiana

Abby will talk about her experiences as a creative nonfiction writer, specifically addressing her work during her residency at PlySpace in Muncie. She will discus the creative and the research process from ideas to execution as well as read from her work-in-progress.

Talk
September 28, 2018 at 6pm at David Owsley Museum of Art,
Ball State University
 
Abby will present "Coal and the 'Life' of Phoebe Snow."

PlySpace Artist-in-Residence
fall 2018

While in residence, Abby will work on her creative nonfiction book. She will lecture at Ball State University and the David Owsley Museum of Art, curate an exhibition on fire using the Ball Family archives at Minnestrista, and give a reading from her work-in-progress at the Muncie Public Library.