Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage
(On W. Polk St., just east of Clark St.)
Sunday 9/13 – 12pm

Courtney Maum is the author of five previous books, including the romantic comedy Touch (New York Times Editors’ Choice) about a tech worker’s efforts to reclaim her humanity and the memoir The Year of the Horses chosen by the Today show as one of the best reads for mental health awareness. The author is also of the groundbreaking publishing guidebook Before and After the Book Deal and the bestselling Substack newsletter by the same name. Maum is an educator and writing coach helping people hold on to the joy of art making in a culture obsessed with turning artists into brands.