The Linden Review is hosting a virtual launch party event to celebrate the publication of its upcoming third issue with readings by Samuel Autman, Sari Fordham, and Megan Vered. The event will take place on May 4, 2023, at 7:00pm CDT via Zoom and is FREE to attend. Full event info is available at this link, where attendees can acquire a ticket granting them access to the reading.

Samuel A. Autman wrote for newspapers in Oklahoma, Utah, Missouri, and California. He was the first Black reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. He left journalism and earned an MFA in narrative nonfiction at Columbia University. His essays have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies such as It Came From The Closet, The Best of Brevity, The Kept Secret, The Chalk Circle, The St. Louis Anthology, and Sweeter Voices Still. His work was adapted into the award-winning short film, A Long Walk. It can be seen at www.samuelautman.com. His memoir-in-progress, Our Eyes Were Watching Marcia, derives its title from his essay featured in the Bellevue Literary Review, and explores family, faith, mental health, and identity through TV shows. He teaches at DePauw University and is at this moment on sabbatical in Mexico City, one of his favorite places in the world.

Sari Fordham’s writing has appeared in Brevity, Baltimore Review, Booth, Green Mountains Review, and Passages North, among others. Her memoir, Wait for God to Notice, narrates her childhood in Uganda during and after the dictatorship of Idi Amin. She teaches creative nonfiction at SUNY Oswego and lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter. She can be found at www.sarifordham.com.

Megan Vered is an essayist and literary hostess. Her personal essays and interviews have been published in High Country News, Shondaland, Kveller, The Rumpus, the Maine Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Writer's Chronicle, among others. Her essay “Requiem for a Lost Organ” was long listed for the Disquiet 2022 Literary Prize, and she was a finalist for the Bellingham Review’s 2021 Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her essay, “How a Bar of Soap Taught me to Apologize,” went viral on Flipboard's 10 For Today. Megan lives in Marin County, where she leads local and international writing workshops and participates in literary readings. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, heads the governance committee for Heyday Books, and is the CNF interviewer for the Maine Review. Please visit Megan at www.meganvered.com.