How Did I Get Here? A Conversation with Author Jesse Browner

LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Sept. 1, 2015 - PRLog -- How Did I Get Here? is a literary exploration that seeks to answer the question: Have I lived the life I intended?  Based on an essay he wrote for Poets & Writers magazine, author Jesse Browner asks hard questions about the choices life imposes on us, and our tendency to believe in a parallel, alternative existence where we might have felt more fulfilled, more free, more true to ourselves. He wonders: Is the true artist made by single-minded devotion to his craft? Do we compromise our dreams in service to our responsibilities to families and jobs?

Join author and OWL board trustee Todd Johnson as he facilitates this conversation with Jesse Browner.

Jesse Browner is an American novelist, essayist and translator at the United Nations. He was born in New York City and grew up in Europe. He graduated from Bard College with a B.A. in English. His work has appeared in Nest, Food & Wine, Gastronomica, New York, The New York Times Book Review and Poets & Writers.

Todd Johnson is the author of The Sweet By and By which won the 2010 Connecticut Book Award for Fiction and has been adapted for the stage. He is currently co-writing the screenplay adaptation of the novel with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ron Bass.

A wine and cheese reception will follow the event. The Hickory Stick Bookshop will provide books for signing and for purchase. All Oliver Wolcott Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary.org and clicking on Programs/Adult Programs.