Mona Awad, ROUGE: A Novel, in conversation with Bill Clegg Mona Awad talks with Bill Clegg about her new horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty.
Tom Shachtman, ECHOES: A Novel @ Scoville Memorial Library Tom Shachtman will read from and talk about his new novel Echoes, or The Insistence of Memory and sign books at this event.
‘Firebird’ Interactive Storytime at Hudson Area Library Children ages 5+ are invited to join New York Theatre Ballet dancers for a reading of Misty Copeland’s book, Firebird, followed by creative movement games for the children inspired by NYTB’s Firebird ballet (being performed at the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY, on Sunday, September 24th).
Hudson Area Library Nonfiction Book Group This month, the Library's Nonfiction Book Group will read and discuss Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America, celebrating Black art, music and culture.
Launch Party: "The Beasts in Your Brain" & QA on Teen Mental Health with Author Katherine Speller Join us in celebrating the official launch of "The Beasts in Your Brain: Understanding and Living With Anxiety and Depression" (Lerner/Zest, 9/5) with a small kick-off event and Q&A/Conversation on teen mental health with Hudson Valley-native author Katherine Speller at Studio Around the Corner in Brewster, NY.
CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: Free online poetry workshop and reading with Hoa Nguyen Hoa Nguyen leads a group thinking-and-reading-through of a poem by Gerrit Lansing followed by a short reading of her own work.
CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE with Christopher Soto: Free Virtual Poetry Workshop This free, participatory event (via Zoom) features Christopher Soto, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of "tercer poema de amor / Third Poem of Love" by Roque Dalton. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this featured poem as a group. Whether already well-versed in the “close reading” of poems or having never been quite sure you've been "getting it," CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE provides a digital gathering for taking a refreshing deep dive into poetry.
Nightcap Readings: Julie Metz and Beth Lisick New York Times Bestselling authors read from their work. Beth Lisick’s most recent novel is Edie on the Green Screen and Julie Metz reads from the memoir Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother’s Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind.