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July 2020
Summer Stories: Lynn Lurie and Rachel Mann
This summer, in lieu of our popular literary series, "Scribblers on the Roof," we are proud to present our first virtual reading series. AC members will read from and discuss their work in fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and other genres, Monday nights from 8-9pm. Lynn Lurie's powerful novel, "Corner of the Dead," takes an unflinching look at the reign of violence in Peru between corrupt government authorities and the Shining Path guerillas, as explored through the eyes of Lisette, a young…
Find out more »Summer Stories: Author-Journalists Sam Freedman and Judith Shulevitz
This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our first virtual reading series, "Summer Stories: AC Authors and Journalists." AC members will read from and discuss their work in fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and other genres, from 8-9pm. Judith Shulevitz's thought-provoking homage, "The Sabbath, Glimpses of a Different Order of Time," shares a historic and refreshing, personal perspective on the grace of the Sabbath in Jewish and Christian traditions.…
Find out more »Summer Stories: Michael Takiff and the Memoir Writing Class
This summer, in lieu of our popular literary series, "Scribblers on the Roof," we are proud to present our first virtual reading series. AC members will read from and discuss their work in fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and other genres, Monday nights from 8-9pm. Author/Historian/Actor/Comic Michael Takiff will read from his work and be joined by memoir writers who have taken his class (TBA) and will read from their work. Michael Takiff’s searing oral history book, Brave Men, Gentle Heroes: American…
Find out more »Summer Stories: Scholar Dr. Nancy Sinkoff and Publisher Michael Wise
This summer, in lieu of our popular literary series, "Scribblers on the Roof," we are proud to present our first virtual reading series. AC members will read from and discuss their work in fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and other genres, Monday nights from 8-9pm. Scholar/Author Dr. Nancy Sinkoff, Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Rutgers University, will read from and discuss her well-researched and lively book, From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals and the Politics of…
Find out more »August 2020
Summer Stories: JOURNALISM
This summer, in lieu of our popular literary series, "Scribblers on the Roof," we are proud to present our first virtual reading series. AC members will read from and discuss their work in fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and other genres, Monday nights from 8-9pm. JEREMY CAPLAN: Entrepreneurial Journalism— A New Landscape for News Journalist Jeremy Caplan, Director of Education for Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism/Teacher of digital journalism at CUNY, will bring us up to speed on advances in the brave new…
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