It's a crossover episode from Cabana Chats, the podcast on writing and community brought to you by the Resort, a writing community founded by LIC Reading Series host Catherine LaSota!
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In this special between-seasons episode of Cabana Chats, we bring you the recording of a live event held on September 26, 2023, with writers ⁠Greg Mania⁠, ⁠Denne Michele Norris⁠, and ⁠Matt Ortile⁠ in conversation with Resort founder Catherine LaSota.

This episode is part one of the event "What's Community Got to Do With It?", which was an Official 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event held at LIC Bar in Queens, NYC. Listen in to hear Greg, Denne Michele, and Matt each share an anecdote about the role that community has played in their writing lives, and then share a brief reading of their work.

Check out our next episode for part two of this live event: the awesome panel discussion!

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Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our music.

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