A virtual creative writing workshop for all levels that will give you eight tools to help you to write memoirs or poems that deal with loss, grief, tragedy, substance abuse, shame, regret—all the things we sometimes find it hard to write genuinely and in a way that will draw readers in. For this two-hour workshop […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Bruce Buckle, retired social studies teacher with a lifelong interest in the outdoors, will review On the Trail of Vanishing Birds, by Robert Porter Allen, and The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane, by Kathleen Kaska. When – Friday, November 4, 2022. Snacks and bottled […]
Emily Raboteau’s books include The Professor’s Daughter, Searching for Zion , winner of the American Book Award, and Lessons for Survival, forthcoming from Holt in 2023. Her fiction and essays have been widely published and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, Best American Science and Nature Writing, Best American Travel Writing, The New York Times, […]
Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Akhtar is the author of […]
Dec. 5 5 p.m. Community Relations Roundtable: “The Journey from ‘Immigrant’ to Citizen” featuring local resource speakers from a range of backgrounds, in collaboration with the Schemel Forum. The event is part of “Scranton’s Story, Our Nation’s Story,” a project supported by a NEH grant led by The University of Scranton and community partners. […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Dr. Kerry Richmond, chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Lycoming College, will review The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Hinton. When – Friday, February 3, 2023. Snacks and bottled water will be available or bring […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Dr. Kerry Richmond, chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Lycoming College, will review The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Hinton. When – Friday, February 3, 2023. Snacks and bottled water will be available or bring […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Dr. Kerry Richmond, chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Lycoming College, will review The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Hinton. When – Friday, February 3, 2023. Snacks and bottled water will be available or bring […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Sara Kiehl, local artist/calligrapher, will review the book The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer’ by Anne Marie O’Connor. When – Friday, March 3, 2023. Snacks and bottled water will be available or bring a bag lunch, […]
What – Friends of the JV Brown Library Book Review. Dana Brigandi, Development, Marketing and Public Relations Director at the James V. Brown Library, will review the book I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. When – Friday, April 7, 2023. Snacks and bottled water will be available or bring a bag lunch, if desired. […]