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SUMMARY:Stephen Kiernan | Pollock's Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of a new novel by Stephen P. Kiernan\, Pollock’s Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception. Co-hosted by the Yankee Bookshop\, this event will be a conversation between the writer and M.T. (Tobin) Anderson\, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for all ages. \nSet in New York City in alternating time periods – the 1950s and the early 2000s – Pollock’s Last Lover is the engrossing tale of two women whose lives collide as they contend with the art and legacy of the brilliant\, tragic painter Jackson Pollock. Gwen is an associate at a prestigious auction house tasked with verifying the authenticity of a Pollock painting offered by Ruth Kligman\, who had a tempestuous relationship with the painter. \nFrom smoky Greenwich Village dive bars to glitzy art auctions\, from the empty studio of a man once known for his artistic stamina to the fine museums where his works hang\, the controversial painting provides a window into two eras and the ongoing struggle of women to develop power and freedom on their own terms. \nStephen P. Kiernan is the author of the novels The Curiosity\, The Hummingbird\, The Baker’s Secret\, Universe of Two\, and The Glass Chateau. A graduate of Middlebury College\, Johns Hopkins University\, and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he spent more than twenty years as a journalist\, winning many awards before turning to fiction writing. He has also worked nationwide on improving end-of-life medical care through greater use of hospice. Kiernan lives in Vermont. \nM.T. Anderson has written stories for adults\, picture books for children\, adventure novels for young readers\, graphic novel adaptations of ancient French tales\, and several books for older readers (both teens and adults). His satirical book Feed was a Finalist for the National Book Award\, won the L.A. Times Book Prize\, and is included on several lists of “best YA novels.” A nonfiction book\, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad\, was long-listed for the National Book Award. He has curated concerts that bring together text and classical music all over New England. \nYankee Bookshop will be on hand with copies of Pollock’s Last Lover.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/s-kiernan6-2-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ben Mezrich | Checkmate: Genius\, Lies\, Ambition\, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess
DESCRIPTION:NWPL and Yankee Bookshop welcome Ben Mezrich back with another investigation—this time into the high-stakes world of chess. Josh Mezrich\, Ben’s brother\, will talk with him about his new book\, Checkmate: Genius\, Lies\, Ambition\, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess. \nIn September 2022\, the unthinkable happened: nineteen-year-old American chess prodigy Hans Niemann defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in a stunning face-to-face match. Within days\, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating—a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world. As the scandal spiraled\, Chess.com—the dominant force in online chess—launched a high-stakes investigation\, igniting a global media firestorm. \nBut Checkmate is about more than a cheating scandal. It’s the story of a teenager willing to risk everything to rise to the top; a reclusive genius suddenly fighting to protect his legacy; and a centuries-old game transforming into a billion-dollar industry fueled by streaming\, sponsorships\, and Silicon Valley power players. \nWith exclusive access to the central figures\, Ben Mezrich takes readers deep inside the weird\, wild\, and cutthroat world of competitive chess—where genius meets ambition\, and every move could be your last. \nFree and open to all! Seating is limited; first-come\, first seated. \nBen Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires (adapted by Aaron Sorkin into the David Fincher film The Social Network)\, Bringing Down the House (adapted into the #1 box office hit film 21)\, The Antisocial Network (adapted into the 2023 film Dumb Money)\, and many other bestselling books. \nJoshua D. Mezrich is an award-winning surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives\, the history and promise of inter-species organ transplantation\, published by MIT Press this spring.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/b-mezrich-6-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
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SUMMARY:Robert Moor | In Trees: An Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Robert Moor will be at the library on Tuesday\, June 30\, at 6 pm\, to talk about his new book\, In Trees\, in which he takes readers on a journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history\, exploring how trees can teach us to grow wise. Free & open to all\, this author event is co-hosted by the Yankee Bookshop. \nPursuing the hidden wisdom of trees\, Robert Moor digs through forgotten archives\, scales to the top of a giant sequoia with Sir David Attenborough\, trudges through swamps in Papua to reach a treehouse-dwelling tribe of hunter-gatherers\, and travels to a remote research camp in Tanzania\, where he spends one very uncomfortable night sleeping in a chimpanzee nest. Galvanized by a radical new outlook on both our gnarled past and our ever-branching future\, he ultimately falls in with a ragtag clan of climate activists risking everything to halt construction of an oil pipeline and save an old-growth forest. \nAlong the way\, Moor learns the art of “treethinking\,” which\, he discovers\, has the power to break open some of humanity’s oldest questions: What is the secret to truly growing old? How do we set down roots in an increasingly chaotic world? Can we ever learn to pursue our future in the farsighted\, deeply entangled manner of an ancient forest? \nA witty\, relentlessly curious excursion through philosophy\, history\, and science\, what begins as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous\, daring\, and fiercely hopeful effort to “arborize humanity.” \n+++ \nHailed by The Wall Street Journal as a “philosopher on foot\,” Robert Moor is the bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees. Translated into more than a dozen languages\, On Trails garnered the National Outdoor Book Award\, the Pacific Northwest Book Award\, and the William Saroyan International Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, New York magazine\, Outside\, Emergence\, and n+1\, among other publications. He lives in Halfmoon Bay\, British Columbia.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/r-moor6-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
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