Recently featured on npr s fresh air and cspan book tv, she is also the author of molly brown. Kristen iversen is an american writer of nonfiction and fiction, and the author of full body. Her work has appeared in the new york times, the nation, readers digest, fourth genre, and many other publications. June 12, 2012 kristen iversen spent her childhood in the 1960s in colorado near the rocky flats nuclear weapons factory, playing in fields that now appear to have been contaminated with plutonium. June 12, 2012 kristen iversen spent her childhood in the 1960s in colorado near the rocky flats nuclear weapons factory, playing in fields that. To inquire about foreign rights or other matters, email email protected kristen iversen s penguinrandom house speakers bureau page. Kristen iversen on npr fresh air university of memphis. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats 2012, molly brown. Elena nicolaou, refinery29 the books of september the overwhelming love and loathsome, crushing boredom of mothering a young child arrive in. Kristen iversen grew up in colorado and earned her phd in literature at the university of denver. Kristen iversen is the author of several books including the awardwinning full body burden. Npr s fresh air kristen iversens interview with npr s fresh air, june 12, 2012. Sep 28, 2012 in full body burden kristen iversen lays out the sickening facts of life for those living near the rocky flats nuclear plant in colorado. Kristen iversen is an american writer of nonfiction and fiction, and the author of full body burden.
Official website kristen iversen on npr fresh air university of memphis. Its also a book about the destructive power of secretsboth family secrets and government secrets. Jan 01, 2012 full body burden is a haunting work of narrative nonfiction about a young woman, kristen iversen, growing up in a small colorado town close to rocky flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated the most contaminated site in america. Westerville, oh kristen iversen, author of otterbein universitys 2016 common book, full body burden.
Npr interviewed kristen iversen for their program fresh air to learn about her plight to tell the story of rocky flats through her own personal history with the plant. Molly brown, american humanrights activist, philanthropist, and actress who survived the sinking of the titanic. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats, will visit campus from oct. Kristen iversen will discuss her book, full body burden, at. When kristen iversen was a child, she and her family moved to a small subdivision just outside of denver. Kristen iversen is the author of full body burden, a true story from a woman who grew. Its the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the cold war, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful andunknown to those who lived th. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats, molly brown. Kristen published her first book come away with me on the 7th of november 2012 which became a amazon and usatoday bestseller. Unraveling the myth, winner of the colorado book award and the barbara sudler award for nonfiction, and a textbook, shadow boxing. Kristen rogers iversen is an awardwinning author who has worked as an independent editor and writer. Kristen iversen is represented by ellen levine at trident media group, new york.
Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats, chosen by universities across the country for their first year experiencecommon read programs and now a forthcoming documentary. She holds an mfa in creative writing from the university of utah and is a certified music practitioner. A serious and alarming book that has its share of charming moments. Jun 15, 2012 growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats by kristen iversen kristen iversen is the author of full body burden. Kristen iversen, nylon already poised to be one of the great and greatly inventive novels about motherhood. Rocky flats was the big secret of my childhood, says kristen iversen, author of full body burden. I am a writer and teacher of creative nonfiction and fiction. Kristen iversen spent her childhood in the 1960s in colorado near the. She had a huge success with her first book and has since then published several books and novellas 7 more books in the with me series alone. Jul 23, 2012 when kristen iversen was a child, she and her family moved to a small subdivision just outside of denver. My childhood was also shadowed by the secrecy surrounding my fathers alcoholism. The reallife margaret tobin brown, never known in life by the nickname molly, bears little resemblance to the legendary molly brown, who was created in the 1930s and achieved.
Kristen proby fictiondb your guide to fiction books. At one time, rocky flats was identified as the most contaminated site in the united states. In this video charles mckay, the owner of the candelas development, explains why he feels entitled to build houses on contaminated land. This is the season when it is best to be here, and it is also the season when it is best to escape. Her book is part a memoir about her troubled family, and also an investigation into the decadeslong environmental scandal involving nuclear contamination in and around rocky flats. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats by kristen iversen. An american legend, and a new edition was published in 2018.
Dec, 2019 we gathered some of the best books of 2019. Kristen iversen mfa in creative writing regis university. Npr s fresh air kristen iversen s interview with npr s fresh air, june 12, 2012. On npr s fresh air, author karen iversen speaks about her book, full body burden.
She has appeared on cspan and nprs fresh air and worked extensively with. Kristen iversen is currently considered a single author. Full body burden growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats by kristen iversen kristeniversen. Their neighborhood was downwind from rocky flats, a nuclear weapons facility that produced plutonium bomb components. Npr full body burden is kristen iversens story of growing up in a small colorado town close to rocky flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant. Kristen iversen is a writer of literary nonfiction and fiction. We knew nothing about radioactive and toxic contamination. Kristen iversen directs the mfa program at the university of memphis.
A list of all kristen probys series in reading order. Nuclear madness at rocky flats what to serve a goddess. Kristen rogersiversen is an awardwinning author who has worked as an independent editor and writer. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Unraveling the myth by kristen iversen 20110912 kristen iversen on. Resources for new home buyers in arvada candelas concerns. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats crown. Oct 19, 2016 westerville, oh kristen iversen, author of otterbein universitys 2016 common book, full body burden. She is director of the mfa program in creative writing at the university of memphis and also editorinchief of the pinch, an awardwinning literary journal. Full body burden is a haunting work of narrative nonfiction about a young woman, kristen iversen, growing up in a small colorado town close to rocky flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated the most contaminated site in america. Kristen iversen, growing up in a small colorado town close to rocky flats.
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