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In this event, acclaimed novelist Ellen Feldman and celebrated historian Richard Snow will discuss the stru...
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In this event, acclaimed novelist Ellen Feldman and celebrated historian Richard Snow will discuss the struggles and rewards of writing about World War II.
Inspired by a quotation from a British lexicographer - "War, next to love, has most captured the world's imagination" - Ellen Feldman's Next to Love follows the lives of three young women and their men during the years of the war and its aftermath, beginning with the men going off and ending when their children are on the cusp of their own adulthood. A novel of a nation and its citizens in flux, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship and illuminates a transformative moment in American history.
Richard Snow's A Measureless Peril brings to life America's role in the struggle for the Atlantic, the longest continuous battle in modern history. If the Allies had lost that battle, they would have lost the war, and it is the only part of the conflict that American civilians could see, as ships loaded with crucial supplies for the European fronts were torpedoed, burned and sank a few hundred yards offshore. Yet few people even at the time saw the six-year campaign as a single, unified effort on which every other success depended.
Ellen Feldman, a 2009 Guggenheim fellow, is also the author of Lucy, The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, and Scottsboro, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
Richard Snow worked at American Heritage magazine for nearly forty years, 17 of them as editor-in-chief. He has written novels and nonfiction as well as the screenplays for historical documentaries. He was drawn to his most recent book by letters his father wrote home from his destroyer, on North Atlantic anti-submarine duty during the war.
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At first glance, Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano don't seem to have much in common. Duncan is...
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At first glance, Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano don't seem to have much in common. Duncan is trying to look after his single mom and adjust to life in a new town while managing his newfound Scrabble superpower - he can feel words and pictures beneath his fingers and tell what they are without looking. April is pining for a mystery boy she met years ago and striving to be seen as more than a nerd in her family of jocks. And home-schooled Nate is struggling to meet his father's high expectations for success.
When these three unique kids are brought together at the national Youth Scrabble Tournament, each with a very different drive to win, their paths cross and stories intertwine . . . and the journey is made extraordinary with a perfect touch of magic. Readers will fly through the pages, anxious to discover who will take home the grand prize, but there's much more at stake than winning and losing. With shrewd observations, wry humor, and a touch of whimsy, bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's classic storytelling will delight readers of all ages.
In this event, Ms. Wolitzer will read from her book, talk about its origins, present a slideshow about Scrabble, and facilitate games.
Meg Wolitzer is a New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed novelist as well as a voracious Scrabble player.
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Herbert Leibowitz's "Something Urgent I Have to Say to You" provides a new perspective on the life and poetry of the doctor poet William ...
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Herbert Leibowitz's "Something Urgent I Have to Say to You" provides a new perspective on the life and poetry of the doctor poet William Carlos Williams, a key American writer who led one of the more eventful literary lives of the twentieth century. Friends with most of the contemporary innovators of his era - Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, and Louis Zukofsky, among others - Williams made a radical break with the modernist tradition by seeking to invent an entirely fresh and singularly American poetic, whose subject matter derived from the everyday lives of the citizens and poor immigrant communities of northern New Jersey. His poems mirrored both the conflicts of his own life and the convulsions that afflicted American society - two world wars, a rampaging flu pandemic, and the Great Depression. Leibowitz's biography offers a compelling description of the work that inspired a seminal, controversial movement in American verse, as well as a rounded portrait of a complicated man: pugnacious and kindly, ambitious and insecure, self-critical and imaginative.
Herbert Leibowitz is the founder, publisher and editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review, one of the important review venues for poetry. A Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate Center, he served as President of the National Book Critics Circle from 1992 to 1994 and is a member of PEN. His published works include The Poetry of Hart Crane: An Introduction, Fabricating Lives: Explorations in American Autobiography, and, as editor, a collection of love poems by Williams and Parnassus: Twenty Years of Poetry in Review.
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Acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long- ...
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Acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long- awaited second work of nonfiction: the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle. Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of British citizens volunteered for service on both sides of the Civil War. Through personal letters, diaries, and journals, Foreman has woven together their experiences to form a panoramic yet intimate view of the war. In the drawing rooms of London and the offices of Washington, on muddy fields and aboard packed ships, Foreman reveals the decisions made, the beliefs held and contested, and the personal triumphs and sacrifices that ultimately led to the reunification of America.
Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire, which was adapted for the screen as The Duchess. Educated as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College and with master's and doctorate degrees in history from Oxford University, she now lives in New York.
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Growing Roots is about a new revolution in food involving people living sustainable lives that revolve arou...
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Growing Roots is about a new revolution in food involving people living sustainable lives that revolve around healthy, natural food. The book introduces farmers and beekeepers, fishermen and chefs, food activists and cheesemongers, and many more across the nation. Also included are filmmakers, writers, and artists who are changing the way society eats and looks at food production. Library Journal calls it "inspirational and entertaining reading." In this event, author Katherine Leiner will discuss meeting and profiling the diversity of participants, and photographer Andrew Lipton will display his stunning images of farms, food, and people. In addition, Andrew Coté will add his perspective on beekeeping and teaching others to improve their lives with bees.
Katherine Leiner has been writing since she was a child. She has published many award-winning books for children and young adults and, more recently her first novel for adults, Digging Out, published by Penguin. She is working on another novel due out in 2012.
Alongside his photography, Andrew Lipton is a lawyer specializing in environmental and chemical exposure litigation.
Andrew Coté is a founder of the international poverty-alleviation organization Bees Without Borders
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