{"id":19120,"date":"2012-06-26T21:08:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T02:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19120"},"modified":"2012-06-27T01:24:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T06:24:34","slug":"author-kambri-crews-coming-to-fort-worth-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/author-kambri-crews-coming-to-fort-worth-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Kambri Crews Coming to Fort Worth Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author Kambri Crews Coming to Fort Worth Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Richland Hills Native to Read, Sign Books & Answer Questions\u00a0About Her Memoir<\/p>\n

\"Kambri<\/a>

Kambri Crews<\/p><\/div>\n

Fort Worth, Texas \u2014 The Fort Worth Library is pleased to welcome Kambri\u00a0Crews, author of Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir (Random House) on\u00a0Saturday, June 30, at 2PM. Crews will be signing books, taking\u00a0questions from the audience, and reading from her memoir as part of the\u00a0library\u2019s Summer Reading Series. Crews will also appear at the\u00a0Northeast Mall Barnes and Noble in Hurst, Texas, on Sunday, July 1 st\u00a0at 3PM.<\/p>\n

Burn Down the Ground is Crews\u2019 powerful, affecting, and unflinching\u00a0memoir about her unconventional childhood living with deaf parents in a\u00a0tin shed in rural Texas (Crews is not deaf), and her attempts to\u00a0reconcile that harrowing childhood to her present life\u2014one in which her\u00a0father is serving a twenty-year sentence in a maximum-security prison\u00a0for attempted murder.<\/p>\n

A Texas native, Crews now runs her own PR and production company in New\u00a0York City. A renowned storyteller, she has performed at SXSW (South by\u00a0Southwest), The Moth, UCB Theatre, and Gotham Comedy Club, and has\u00a0given keynote addresses at, University of Texas – San Antonio, Ohioana\u00a0Book Festival, and DeafHope, a nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic\u00a0and sexual violence against deaf women and children.<\/p>\n

Crews\u2019s memoir has received praise from esteemed publications such as\u00a0Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, ELLE magazine, and Library\u00a0Journal. For more, visit http:\/\/www.kambricrews.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

SAT, JUN 30 @ 2PM \u2013 3:30PM<\/strong>
\nFort Worth Central \u2013 Tandy Lecture Hall
\n500 W 3rd Street
\nFort Worth, Texas
\n817.392.7701<\/p>\n

FREE! Kambri will tell a story, read from her book, conduct a Q&A and\u00a0sign copies of her memoir. Books will be available for purchase. ASL\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>interpretation will be provided!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SUN, JUL 1 @ 3PM \u2013 4:30PM<\/strong>
\nBarnes & Noble
\n861 NE Mall Blvd
\nHurst, TX 76053
\n817-284-1244<\/p>\n

FREE! Kambri will tell a story, read from her book, conduct a Q&A and\u00a0sign copies of her memoir. Books will be available for purchase. ASL\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>interpretation will be provided upon request. Email\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Kambri@KambriCrews.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

PRAISE FOR BURN DOWN THE GROUND:
\n“Poignant and unsettling.” \u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n

“A compelling testament to the strength of the human spirit.\u201d\u2014Booklist<\/p>\n

“Crews’ account (the title refers to lighting brush on fire to clear\u00a0out snakes) is as well-paced and stirring as a novel. In her fluid\u00a0narrative (she’s also a storyteller on the side, a gig that helped her\u00a0develop this book), Crews neither wallows in self-pity nor plays for\u00a0cheap black-comedic yuks. Instead, this book stands out for what\u00a0matters most: Crews’ story, bluntly told.” \u2014Elle magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cHarrowing\u2026A remarkable odyssey of scorched earth, collateral damage,\u00a0and survival.” \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n

*Read a FREE excerpt *<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/RHPG\/d\/76253236-Burn-Down-the-Ground-by-Kambri-Crews-Early-Excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

*Read reviews & blurbs*<\/p>\n

http:\/\/kambricrews.com\/bdtgpraise\/#.T-ppqRdSTtA<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n

*View pictures of the tin shed*<\/p>\n

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Author Kambri Crews Coming to Fort Worth Library North Richland Hills Native to Read, Sign Books & Answer Questions\u00a0About Her Memoir Fort Worth, Texas \u2014 The Fort Worth Library is pleased to welcome Kambri\u00a0Crews, author of Burn Down the Ground:…<\/p>\n

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