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Portrait photographer in arts and humanities. Son of an immigrant and translator. Grandson of a photographer, pianist, and poet. New Yorker.

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Very excited about this! I’ve been going to Elyssa Goodman’s Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series on Avenue A for years, and this time I’ll be reading. I had no idea I’d be sharing the bill with the fab Beowulf Sheehan and Terese Svoboda! Looking forward to meeting Evan Silver, aka Tiresias, too.

We’ll be in the back room at the legendary East Village Niagara, which was the even more legendary King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in the ’80s. I used to go there with my college roommate, @loribethfeldman !

I’m thinking of trying out some new material, possibly a few pages from the Einstein book. That one is still a long way from publication! I’m still writing and researching, but I’m tempted to see how a bit of it sounds in a room full of people.

Save the date: Monday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. Niagara, 112 Avenue A at 7th Street.

Free! But drinks encouraged between readers. Love this series. Come downtown!

#AmeliaEarhart #AlbertEinstein #nonfiction #eastvillage #readingseriesnyc. @missmanhattanny @beowulfsheehan @teresesvobodapoet @whoistiresias @niagaranyc

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The next Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading is upon us! Join us on Monday, November 2at @niagaranyc for the stunning @lauriestories, @teresesvobodapoet, @beowulfsheehan, and @whoistiresias. See you then 💋

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There are too many photos and too many things to say. Almost a month later, I am still working through a way to “sum up” the 2026 Mississippi Book Festival. (And I still haven’t figured it out.) What I can say is that it was a very special year and all of us with the fest are grateful to those who made it possible through their generosity and belief in the event. We are also indebted to those that came out and enjoyed, spoke on a panel, and helped spread the love of reading. I am so thankful for all my friends who I have the pleasure of working with, the greatest board on the face of the Earth, the most incredible volunteer force ever assembled, and to the gentleman who owns *what seems to be* the one traveling llama in the state.

Y’all come back and let’s do it again next year!

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Luke Strosnider is stepping out from behind the camera to moderate a conversation with Beowulf Sheehan and Vaune Trachtman at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. They’ll talk about the surprisingly tricky job of turning a body of work, and the story behind it, into a book.

📖 The Father of the Man: Sheehan’s account, in pictures and words, of the last author portrait sitting with Cormac McCarthy, and how that day helped him see his own father more clearly. @beowulfsheehan

📖 Now is Always: Trachtman’s 45 photogravures blending archival negatives, handwriting, and contemporary photography, reproduced in book form for the first time. @vaune.art

Two very different books, one conversation you won’t want to miss. See you Saturday 🧡

📍 Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
🗓 Saturday, Oct 17 | 4pm

#VermontCenterForPhotography #VCP #VCPBrattleboro

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That was a blast. Thanks to all who came out to our SOLD OUT show @joespub, and to the amazing musicians who take the tunes to new heights. Honored and thrilled to play with you.

NYC, CA, and MA coming up, links in bio…

10/29 Loreto Theater, NYC
The great poet Naomi Shihab Nye will open the night, and I’ll be joined by musicians Shahzad Ismaily, Jason Burger, Rich Stein, Mona Kayhan, and Grey McMurray.

10/23 Stanford University, Dinkelspiel Auditorium
with musicians Isabel Castellvi, Mathias Kunzli, and Shahzad Ismaily

11/5 Race Brook Lodge, MA
With Isabel Castellvi and more TBA
The astonishing James Bird will open the night

Thank you @beowulfsheehan for capturing these moments

@ectoderm88 @jburgerdrums @marcribotmusic @muchgrey @rsdrum @monakayhan @cellobell @mathiaskunzli

Thanks @nyrbooks @blueflowerarts

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I’m looking forward to being part of the Brattleboro Literary Festival this Saturday, October 17, at 4 pm, in conversation with photographer Beowulf Sheehan and moderator Luke Strosnider at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

The festival is free and open to everyone. I hope you can join us!

#VauneTrachtman #NowIsAlways #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival2026 #photography #oneforthebooks @brattleborolitfest @lukestrosnider @beowulfsheehan @brattmuseum

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August/September wrap-ups

This August, I finally watched Rohmer’s Claire’s Knee (1970) and thus understood where the quote “Come to my house. I have great books” comes from!

I also directed a merch photoshoot @bostonathenaeum as a farewell to my beloved library 💌

These transition months included many firsts and lasts: first trip to Salem in 3 years of living in MA, last month as a member at the Boston Athenaeum, first trip to UNC to visit my sister, last book sale in Beacon Hill, first trip to Portsmouth, NH, last pilgrimage to Sylvia Plath’s apartment as a Boston resident, first month living in New York City, last Harvard Square itinerary (Faro then Brattle Theatre) in a while…

I had a very The Girl Who Reads On The Metro series of travels — the Amtrak Northeast Regional took me from NYC to Boston to NYC to New Haven back to NYC again 🚞

Read (August)
1. Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth @madwomenbookclub
2. 45 Mercy St by Anne Sexton
3. The Fever by Wallace Shawn

Read (September)
1. The Writer as Migrant by Ha Jin
2. First Love by Gwendoline Riley
3. Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney
4. The Father of the Man by @beowulfsheehan
5. The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out: Poems by Karen Solie
6. Other Women by Nicola Maye Goldberg
7. My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley @madwomenbookclub

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A look back at the Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival last month! And, a shout out to @trabuccocampos and his team @pentagramdesign for the bold, new look.

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Join portrait photographer Beowulf Sheehan as he discusses his illustrious career in portrait photography and his new book about Cormac McCarthy!

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⛶ October 7
⛶ 7pm
⛶ Afterword Bookshop, 216 E 6th St, NY, NY

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Free entry, but RSVP is preferred, link in bio.

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Ayad Akhtar is a generational talent, full stop. His latest novel “The Radiance” may be his greatest.
Our 92NY q&a kicked off the launch and his tour..de force!!

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We are so delighted to welcome the amazing photographer, Beowulf Sheehan @beowulfsheehan, to the 2026 Festival! His book, The Father of the Man: The Last Author Portrait Sitting With Cormac McCarthy, was published by AutoFocus Books in September.

Tracy Daughtery writes, “Beowulf Sheehan is more than a photographer. He is a conduit through which his subjects become known to us. These extraordinary pictures of Cormac McCarthy reveal not only Sheehan’s keen eye, but also his deep understanding of the man beneath his gaze, an understanding made possible by McCarthy’s obvious openness to Sheehan, and Sheehan’s empathy, experience, and humanity."

Sheehan will be presenting with Vaune Trachtman at @brattmuseum in @downtownbrattleboro on Saturday, October 17, at 4 pm. Join us and bring a friend! All events are free and open to the public. Our full schedule is available at the link in our bio.

#BeowulfSheehan #TheFatherOfTheMan #CormacMcCarthy #photoessay #brattleboroliteraryfestival2026

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Revisit Knoxville’s own late great Cormac McCarthy for The Portrait of the Man: The Last Author Portrait Sitting with Cormac McCarthy.

Union Ave Books is excited to host photographer Beowulf Sheehan @beowulfsheehan for a discussion of his newly released photography book.

On a hot August day, Sheehan and his assistant arrive at Santa Fe Institute to meet and photograph Cormac McCarthy, the auteur of southern gothic. The day takes them from the light of Santa Fe to the shadows of Cormac's home, exploring his art and life as they go, making what would become Cormac's author portrait for his novels and, eventually, the image used to announce the global news of his passing. The Father of the Man is a recounting of that great day, a photo essay, an homage to Cormac and his art, and a reflection of Cormac's work to serve as a lens through which Beowulf Sheehan better sees, understands, and loves his own father.

This free event takes place on October 8th at 6pm at our bookstore. Be sure to RSVP via the link in our bio so we know to save you a seat.

#indiebookstore #knoxville #unionavebooks #newreleases #AuthorEvent White and blue promotional graphic for Beowulf Sheehan's author event at Union Ave Books on October 8th at 6pm.

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