Mel Allen with "Here in New England"

SHOWTIME
Thursday, September 25 at 7pm

TICKETS
$35, includes a signed book ("Here in New England," $20, paperback)

Moderator: Ian Aldrich, executive editor of Yankee

https://www.themusichall.org/events/mel-allen/

Unforgettable stories of people, places, and memories that connect us all.

From the time he published his first story in Yankee in 1979 to the day he retired as its editor in 2025, Mel Allen’s writing has captured the unique essence of New England’s and the people who call it home. Here for the first time, Allen has collected 45 of his favorite pieces, adding intimate new introductions and postscripts to put them in context. The feel and flavor of New England lives within the covers of this engaging collection.

Mel Allen arrived at Yankee magazine in 1979. He became Yankee’s fifth editor in the summer of 2006, after previous roles as writer, senior editor, and executive editor. He has spent nearly half a century finding fascinating people and places he wanted to write about and assigning countless others to the finest writers in New England. In 2018, he was inducted into the Folio Magazine Hall of Fame for editorial excellence. He has taught magazine writing and creative nonfiction for the past 25 years, divided between the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and MFA Bay Path. His previous book is A Coach’s Letter to His Son. He lives and writes in New Hampshire.

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Special thanks to our Literary in The Lounge Presenting Sponsor, the University of New Hampshire and our Media Partner, New Hampshire Public Radio.

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