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VIRTUAL - Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane | Under Our Roof: A Son's Battle for Recovery, a Mother's Battle for Her Son
Wed, March 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register Here PLEASE NOTE THE EVENT HAS MOVED FROM 2/17/21 to 3/10/21. ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AND LINKS ARE STILL VALID. In conversation with Action News anchor, Jim Gardner On the eve of the biggest professional risk of her life—running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of…
VIRTUAL - Hala Alyan | The Arsonists’ City
Tue, March 16, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Alix Gerz, Vice President of Communications, Free Library of Philadelphia Hala Alyan’s novel Salt Houses , a “heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely” ( Dallas Morning News ) study of three generations in a Palestinian family, won the…
VIRTUAL - Kate Masur | Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Thu, March 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Ellis Wachs Endowed Lecture In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Kate Masur is the author of An Example for All the Land , a Lincoln Prize finalist that examined Washington, D.C.’s role as a 19th century laboratory for civil…
Virtual - Deborah Willis | The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Tue, March 30, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
DETAILS TO COME In the meantime, read more about the author and book here. https://www.inquirer.com/arts/books/deborah-willis-black-civil-war-soldier-book-20210223.html
VIRTUAL - Reem Kassis | The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
Mon, April 5, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Deb Perelman Reem Kassis is the author of The Palestinian Table , a guide to Middle Eastern cooking woven together through recipes, regional history, and three generations of family traditions. Praised by fellow Philadelphian Michael Solomonov as…
VIRTUAL - Quiara Alegría Hudes | My Broken Language
Wed, April 7, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful , a story of “shimmering, sustaining warmth” ( New York Times ) that follows an Iraq War veteran struggling for purchase after returning home. She also…
Virtual - Blake Bailey | Philip Roth: The Biography
Mon, April 12, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Border , The Force , The Cartel, Power of the Dog , Savages, and Broken , his new collection of six short novels. Blake Bailey is acclaimed for his “meticulously researched,…
VIRTUAL - Phillip Lopate | The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945-1970
Thu, April 15, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with novelist, screenwriter, and creative writing teacher Max Apple Phillip Lopate’s “observant, elegiac, and far-reaching” ( New York Times ) essay collections include Bachelorhood , Against Joie de Vivre , and Portrait Inside My Head . His…
VIRTUAL - Larry Krasner | For the People: A Story of Justice and Power
Tue, April 20, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Winning on a platform of prison reform in a city notorious for its high incarceration rates, Larry Krasner was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia in 2018 with more than 50% of the vote. He worked as a public defender and civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia for more than…
VIRTUAL - Natalie Diaz | Postcolonial Love Poem with Denice Frohman
Wed, April 21, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Natalie Diaz is the author of When My Brother Was an Aztec , an “ambitious . . . beautiful” ( New York Times ) American Book Award–winning poetry collection that ruminates on her sibling’s drug addiction. A former professional basketball player, an enrolled…
Virtual - Paul Farmer | Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
Tue, April 27, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture In conversation with Dr. Steven Larson, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Acclaimed for his “exceptional empathy and care” ( Boston Globe ) as a physician,…