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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Wendy Walsh - Continuing the Journey with Dante's Purgatorio (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Continue the journey with Dante on Zoom! Join Wendy Walsh for the reading and study of Purgatorio\, the second cantica of Dante’s Commedia. \nDante and Virgil begin their climb of the immense Mountain of Purgatory in the middle of the unpopulated waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Before reaching Purgatory proper\, they travel through Ante Purgatory and then up through the seven terraces\, each one reflecting one of the seven deadly sins. Their goal is the Earthly Paradise at the top of the mountain and along the way they will meet the many saved souls who are happily purifying themselves for their ascent to Paradise.  Purgatory is “where the soul of man is cleansed\,/ made worthy to ascend to Heaven. (dove l’umano spirito si purga/e di salire al ciel diventa degno” Canto I\, 5-6.) \nWendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.
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SUMMARY:Kate Messner on Instagram Live IGTV
DESCRIPTION:reading her timely book The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents\, an inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and future of America’s presidents. \n“Ingeniously structured around inaugural years\, [this book]’s softly textured digital vignettes are montaged to give a sense of events unfolding in many places and lives at once. readers may be convinced that the future is wide open-presidentially speaking.”–Publishers Weekly\, starred review \nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 16\, 2021 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nWho will be the NEXT president? Could it be you? When George Washington became the first president of the United States\, there were nine future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like practicing law or studying medicine. \nWhen JFK became the thirty-fifth president\, there were 10 future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like hosting TV shows and learning the saxophone. \nAnd right now–today!–there are at least 10 future presidents alive in America. They could be playing basketball\, like Barack Obama\, or helping in the garden\, like Dwight D. Eisenhower. They could be solving math problems or reading books. They could be making art–or already making change. \nKate Messner is an award-winning author whose many books for kids have been selected as Best Books by the New York Times\, Junior Library Guild\, IndieBound\, and Bank Street College of Education. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190 \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81976016190#  or +12532158782\,\,81976016190#\nWebinar ID: 819 7601 6190\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGpjfKace \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
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