Timothy Egan – Event Cancelled
Unfortunately, Mr. Egan, unexpectedly has to travel to an area in the rural west where there is no reliable Internet. So, even with the miracle [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
“Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi 288 p. Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
“Leave the World “Behind by Rumaan Alam – 256 p. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
“Jack” by Marilynne Robinson – 320 p. Marilynne Robinson’s mythical world of Gilead, Iowa—the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack—and [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
“Real Life” by Brandon Taylor – 336 p A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend—and a lifetime [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
"Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black [...]
Library Book Group led by Claudia Cayne
“Secrets of Happiness” by Joan Silber – 288 p. Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second [...]
How Narrative Changes its Rules: A discussion with memoirist Mark Scarbrough & novelist Helen Klein Ross
Readers often think novels are veiled memoirs and memoirs are fictionalized lives. But the two forms are so different when it comes to their writing [...]
You Are Not Alone Our Loved Ones Are Here…You’re Just Not Listening with Sydney Sherman
Frustrated with media sensationalism and misinformation about the afterlife, Sydney decided to delve into the intriguing subject of Life After Death. This interest was fostered [...]
Exploring Heritage: Author Talk with Julie Metz & Menachem Kaiser
Join us for an exploration and discussion with these two authors as they excavate complex stories of family secrets and silences, and reconcile past and [...]