Walk Her Way New York City: A Walking Guide to Womens History

About Jana MaderKaitlyn Allen

Jana Mader is a writer scholar and translator. She has taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the Juilliard School and is now at Bard College where she serves as the Director of Academic Programs at the Hannah Arendt Center. Jana earned her PhD in comparative literature from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She is the author of both fiction and nonfiction and has written a novel and a book about the Hudson River Valley in New York where she lives. When in New York City she's often browsing the poetry section at the Strand Bookstore in the East Village or enjoying an espresso at Cafe Reggio in Greenwich Village. For more information about her work visit janamarlene.com. Kaitlyn Allen is an art historian who advises private collectors and working artists. She received an MA in the arts of Africa Oceania and the Americas from the Sainsbury Research Unit at the University of East Anglia UK. She has worked as a lecturer at Western Carolina University; as a curatorial assistant at the Asheville Art Museum; and as a bookseller of rare and used books at Downtown Books & News in Asheville. When Kaitlyn's in New York City you can find her on the High Line or perusing the exhibition space of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea. Kaitlyn lives in Asheville NC and when she is not reading or writing Kaitlyn is dancing in her living room or walking in the mountains with her dog Albert. Please visit kaitlynallen.com to find out more about her work.