Grief and Memory
Tuesday, March 21 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm EST
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In recognition of Women's History Month, VOICES Meet the Author series presents "Grief and Memory," featuring two critically acclaimed female authors - Priscilla Gilman and Allison Gilbert. The authors will share lessons learned as it relates to death, loss, and grief, and highlight how to better understand our enduring and complicated relationships with loved ones. VOICES Founding Director Mary Fetchet will moderate the conversation and share her personal experience after losing her son, as well as observations of the long-term impact of grief on the 9/11 Community over the past 21 years.
 
Priscilla Gilman, author of the recently released The Critic's Daughter, joins last month's guest Allison Gilbert, author of Listen, World!, and VOICES Founding Director, Mary Fetchet for an insightful, soul-searching conversation.
About the Presenters
Priscilla Gilman
Priscilla Gilman is a former professor of English literature at both Yale University and Vassar College and the author of The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy (Harper), and The Critic's Daughter, to be published by Norton in February, 2023. Dr. Gilman attained her undergraduate, masters and Ph.D from Yale. Read more.
Allison Gilbert
Allison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and co-author of Listen, World!, the first biography of American writer Elsie Robinson. She is host of “Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories,” a 20-part documentary series produced in collaboration with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Read more.
Mary Fetchet, LCSW
Mary Fetchet is Executive Director and President of Voices Center For Resilience, formerly known as Voices of September 11th, an organization she co-founded following the death of her son Brad on 9/11. Her unique background as a mother of a victim, along with 29 years of expertise as a clinical social worker, has influenced VOICES innovative approach in providing long-term support services. Read more.

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