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Lise Funderburg | Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents with Leland Cheuk, Donna Masini, and Lauren Grodstein

Wed, November 20, 2019 6:30 P.M.
Independence Library

Cost: FREE

A masterful collection of new essays, Apple, Tree follows twenty-five writers as they explore a trait they’ve inherited from a parent, reflecting on how it affects the lives they lead today—how it shifts their relationship to that parent (sometimes posthumously) and to their sense of…

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Laurel: Modern American Flavors in Philadelphia - Book Talk and Tasting

Thu, November 21, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: $10

Talk and taste event featuring the recent release of cookbook Laurel, with authors Nick Elmi and Adam Erace and photographer Neal Santos Philadelphia’s own Laurel Restaurant is known for exquisite presentations of everything from local oysters to imported finger limes. The intimate dining…

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Deirdre Bair | Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me

Thu, November 21, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: $15.00
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Deirdre Bair won the National Book Award for her “blockbuster biography” of Samuel Beckett, “the best introduction to an enigmatic giant of 20th-century literature” ( Christian Science Monitor ). Her other acclaimed biographies include portraits of Simone de Beauvoir,…

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Rashid Khalidi | Event Cancelled

Mon, November 25, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

EVENT CANCELLED. The Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies , Rashid Khalidi is one of the world’s leading historians of the Middle East. Among his many books are Palestinian Identity , Brokers of…

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Ronan Farrow | Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Tue, November 26, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: $15.00; $34.00 with book
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Auditorium sold out; in-house simlucast tickets on sale New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, a National Magazine Award, and a George Polk Award for his “indefatigable and imaginative” ( Globe and Mail ) reportage of some of the most important…

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André Aciman | Find Me

Tue, December 3, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: $15.00
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In conversation with Gary Kramer, a writer and film critic based in Philadelphia André Aciman is the author of the nationwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name , a novel that chronicles the bittersweet love story of a teenage boy and the young academic staying at his family’s mansion…

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William D. Cohan | Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short

Thu, December 5, 2019 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

William D. Cohan is the bestselling author of The Last Tycoons , an inside history of Lazard Frères & Co., one of the country’s most venerable investment banks. A former longtime Wall Street mergers and acquisitions banker, the topics of his other books range from the financial…

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Meet Author/Illustrator Oge Mora!

Mon, December 9, 2019 10:00 A.M.
Widener Library

Cost: FREE

Join us for a very special event, welcoming picture book author/illustrator Oge Mora to the library, where she will share her books and talk about her life! Creator of Thank You, Omu! and Saturday , Oge is a Caldecott Medal honoree and the recipient of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award…