Local Author Talk: Joan Dempsey
Thursday, August16th, 7pm Winner of the 2017 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers, and named by Poets & Writers magazine as one of “5 more over 50” writers to watch, Joan Dempsey is the author of the novel, This Is How It Begins, which won the bronze 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award for literary fiction. The novel is also a 2018 Lambda Literary Award finalist (gay fiction), 2017 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award Finalist (historical fiction) and
Book Club- August 27th
Monday, August 27th, 11am Book Club Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Hannah is an old woman who has experienced much loss but has never been defeated. A twice-widowed mother of three, she finds herself reflecting on her childhood, her loves and loss, her children, and her beloved Kentucky farm life. Author Wendell Berry is a renowned poet, author, essayist and farmer who has set many of his stories, including this one, in the fictional town of Port William. “Hannah Coulter” is