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Q & A with Dawn Raffel: A moderated discussion about writing

Presented by The Creative Nonfiction Foundation at The Beauty Shoppe Arsenal Motors, Pittsburgh PA

Mar 27 2020
Q & A with Dawn Raffel: A moderated discussion about writing

Join Dawn Raffel, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies, in an intimate setting to explore the use of narrative in her work.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Dr. Martin Couney exhibited premature infants at many world’s fairs and festivals, and at Coney Island and Atlantic City, displayed in their incubators alongside sword swallowers, bearded ladies, and burlesque performers. What may seem bizarre or even grotesque to a modern audience was actually quite innovative; known then as “weaklings,” these previously doomed babies were not allowed in most hospitals, and for desperate families, Dr. Couney was a ... view more »

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