# Event Details - **Event Name**: Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Cara Benson, author of "An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment," discusses her path to publication.About this EventCara Benson, whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Orion, Sierra Magazine, and Boston Review among many other outlets, has written An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment, a memoir that Sari Botton, editor-in-chief of Oldster Magazine says "is required reading for anyone who has even been confronted by the gaping questions surrounding a loved one's passing, or really anyone who has loved and lost."Armsfull is a climate memoir telling the story of developing deeply held commitments to ourselves, to those we love, and ultimately to the ailing natural world. Cara, once an addict who crawled through subway tunnels and partnered with an abusive man, chose life when faced with her own death. Her journey of survival led her ultimately to Jon, the man with whom she became a lifelong partner.When she lost Jon to suicide, she retreated into grief into the woods of upstate New York. There, she found more grief in her observation of the effects of climate change. In confronting her loss, Cara realized that the lessons she learned from loving Jon could be applied to her relationship with the non-human world. Her daily life became a field guide for how to live with a deep and abiding commitment to the future of the planet despite challenging odds.Joining Cara in conversation will be Kathryn Miles, journalist and author most recently of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.For more information about Cara and her work. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belfast/cara-benson-and-kathryn-miles-in-conversation/100001993835739369 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - door_time: 2026-08-04T22:30:00Z - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Left Bank Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Belfast - **state**: ME - **country**: United States - **location**: Left Bank Books - **lat**: 44.4253446 - **long**: -69.0070448 - **full address**: Left Bank Books, 109 Church Street, Belfast, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e8c31f51a7b69b161d8cd5280831609fbecf744c372b5ec8d8643f435bc6174c-rimg-w1200-h1170-dc787b76-gmir.jpg?v=1783961166 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation being held? - **A:** Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation takes place on Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 04 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Left Bank Books, 109 Church Street, Belfast, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation? - **A:** Cara Benson & Kathryn Miles in Conversation is organized by Left Bank Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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