Book Reading and Author Q&A with Brittany Ackerman and Celeste Gainey

Join Brittany Ackerman as she reads from her debut memoir, THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE! Reading is followed by a Q&A with Celeste Gainey on the writing craft, life, and literature.

THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE:

When my brother was in high school he attempted to build a perpetual motion machine, a machine that can do work indefinitely, to save the world. That machine was my brother’s experiment; this book is mine. It is in the text where I dissect our relationship and try to understand myself. Writing down my experiences metamorphosizes them in an attempt to keep them close, to always be surrounded by the memories that I often feel so distant from. My research has been investigating photo albums, interviewing my brother and parents, finding out what I was like as a child. I knew there was a purpose, something bigger happening than I could fathom; an unstoppable urge, a movement, a force set in motion forever by writing down the words. What I have found is that there is always hope available and present in times of chaos, even perpetual chaos.

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Brittany's website: https://www.brittanyackerman.com/

Celeste's website: http://celestegainey.com/

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