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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Series: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us with Author Rachelle Bergstein
DESCRIPTION:How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us with Author Rachelle Bergstein\nWednesday\, May 21\, 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nYou’re invited to an online intimate conversation with bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein as she chats about her newest book The Genius of Judy. This book takes an expansive look at Judy Blume’s life\, work\, and cultural impact\, focusing on her most iconic—and controversial—young adult novels\, from Are You There God? It’s Me\, Margaret to Blubber. \nEveryone knows Judy Blume. \nHer books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades and sold tens of millions of copies. But why were people so drawn to them? And why are we still talking about them now in the 21st century? \nIn The Genius of Judy\, her remarkable story is revealed as never before\, beginning with her as a mother of two searching for purpose outside of her home in 1960s suburban New Jersey. The books she wrote starred regular children with genuine thoughts and problems. But behind those deceptively simple tales\, Blume explored the pillars of the growing women’s rights movement\, in which girls and women were entitled to careers\, bodily autonomy\, fulfilling relationships\, and even sexual pleasure. Blume wasn’t trying to be a revolutionary—she just wanted to tell honest stories—but in doing so\, she created a cohesive\, culture-altering vision of modern adolescence. \nBlume’s bravery provoked backlash\, making her the country’s most-banned author in the mid-1980s. Thankfully\, her works withstood those culture wars and it’s no coincidence that Blume has resurfaced as a cultural touchstone now. Young girls are still cat-called\, sex education curricula are getting dismissed as pornography\, and entire shelves of libraries are being banned. As we face these challenges\, it’s only natural we look to Blume\, the grand dame of so-called dirty books. This is the story of how a housewife became a groundbreaking artist\, and how generations of empowered fans are her legacy\, today more than ever. \nRegister now for a conversation you don’t want to miss! \nAbout the Author: Rachelle Bergstein is a lifestyle writer\, author\, and editor\, focused on style\, pop culture\, and families. Her work has appeared in the New York Post\, The New York Times\, NPR\, and more. She is the author of three books: Women from the Ankle Down\, Brilliance and Fire\, and The Genius of Judy. She lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn. Find out more at RachelleBergstein.com.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/how-judy-blume-rewrote-childhood-for-all-of-us-with-author-rachelle-bergstein/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Series: On Writing a Brilliant\, Dark\, and Diabolical Thriller with Author Liann Zhang
DESCRIPTION:On Writing a Brilliant\, Dark\, and Diabolical Thriller with Author Liann Zhang\nWednesday\, May 14\, 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nGrab your popcorn\, grab your friend\, and join us for a propulsive online conversation with author Liann Zhang as she chats with us about her debut thriller Julie Chan is Dead. \nJulie Chan has nothing. Her twin sister has everything. Except a pulse. \nJulie Chan\, a supermarket cashier with nothing to lose\, finds herself thrust into the glamorous yet perilous world of her late twin sister\, Chloe VanHuusen\, a popular influencer. Separated at a young age\, the identical twins were polar opposites and rarely spoke\, except for one viral video that Chloe initiated (Finding My Long-Lost Twin And Buying Her A House #EMOTIONAL). When Julie discovers Chloe’s lifeless body under mysterious circumstances\, she seizes the chance to live the life she’s always envied. \nJulie Chan is Dead is the brilliant\, dark\, and diabolical debut thriller we’ve all been waiting for. Register now for a wildly fun conversation! \nAbout the Author: Liann Zhang is a second-generation Chinese Canadian who splits her time between Vancouver\, British Columbia and Toronto\, Ontario. After a short stint as a skincare content creator\, she graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in psychology and criminology. Julie Chan Is Dead is her first novel.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/on-writing-a-brilliant-dark-and-diabolical-thriller-with-author-liann-zhang/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Series: How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin
DESCRIPTION:How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin\nWednesday\, May 7\, 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER & SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE \nLet’s face it: Everyone has anxiety. Furthermore\, our incessant quest to rid ourselves of this ubiquitous human emotion worsens it. What if\, instead of fighting our anxiety\, we could turn it into a strength? In this enlightening online webinar\, you will learn how to use anxiety to become more self-accepting\, connected to others\, and resilient. Author of Thriving with Anxiety\, Dr. Rosmarin’s constructive\, compassionate\, and evidence-based approach will not make you less anxious. Instead\, it will empower you to use anxiety to thrive. \nAbout the Author: David H. Rosmarin\, PhD\, is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School\, a program director at McLean Hospital\, and Founder of Center for Anxiety. Through his work as a clinical psychologist\, scientist\, educator\, author\, and keynote speaker\, David has helped thousands of individuals and organizations to thrive by embracing the emotion of anxiety. His clinical work and research have been featured in Good Morning America\, the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Boston Globe\, and TED. David is available for organization speaking and consultation via his website www.dhrosmarin.com
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/how-to-use-anxiety-to-thrive-with-dr-david-h-rosmarin/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz: The Thrill of Writing Action\, Adventure\, and Suspense
DESCRIPTION:The Thrill of Writing Action\, Adventure\, and Suspense: A Conversation with Author Gregg Hurwitz\nThursday\, April 24 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us as Smithsonian Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming\, guides us through the secret world of trees as is revealed in the beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world—The Tree Book: The Stories\, Science\, and History of Trees. \nTrees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history for almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter\, tools\, fuel\, and food\, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and form astonishingly diverse ecosystems\, as well as some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Now the intricate world of leafy woodlands and abundant rainforests is revealed in this extensive visual guide to trees\, exploring their key scientific traits and their ecological importance\, as well as their enduring significance in human history and culture. From ancient oaks and great redwoods to lush banyans and imposing kapoks\, The Tree Book reveals the anatomy\, behaviors\, and beauty of these incredible plants and habitats in detail. \nCombining natural history and a scientific overview with a wider look at the history\, uses\, symbolism\, and mythology of trees\, this book is a new kind of guide to these fascinating organisms. Register today to learn more about the beautiful world of trees! \nAbout the Presenter: Matthew Fleming has been a horticulturist at the Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Facility in Suitland\, Maryland since 2010. In addition to serving as a supervisory horticulturist\, he manages three greenhouses with nearly a thousand tropical specimens that are displayed throughout the many Smithsonian gardens and landscapes along the National Mall during the warmer months. He has given talks on a wide variety of plant-related topics at the Smithsonian ranging from indoor pests to overwintering tropical plants.  Prior to coming to the Smithsonian\, Matt was a purchasing agent and garden center assistant manager for a full-service landscaping firm.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences where he studied Horticulture and Landscape Contracting.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/a-conversation-with-bestselling-author-gregg-hurwitz-the-thrill-of-writing-action-adventure-and-suspense/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:The Stories\, Science\, and History of Trees with Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming
DESCRIPTION:The Stories\, Science\, and History of Trees with Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming\nWednesday\, April 8 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us as Smithsonian Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming\, guides us through the secret world of trees as is revealed in the beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world—The Tree Book: The Stories\, Science\, and History of Trees. \nTrees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history for almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter\, tools\, fuel\, and food\, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and form astonishingly diverse ecosystems\, as well as some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Now the intricate world of leafy woodlands and abundant rainforests is revealed in this extensive visual guide to trees\, exploring their key scientific traits and their ecological importance\, as well as their enduring significance in human history and culture. From ancient oaks and great redwoods to lush banyans and imposing kapoks\, The Tree Book reveals the anatomy\, behaviors\, and beauty of these incredible plants and habitats in detail. \nCombining natural history and a scientific overview with a wider look at the history\, uses\, symbolism\, and mythology of trees\, this book is a new kind of guide to these fascinating organisms. Register today to learn more about the beautiful world of trees! \nAbout the Presenter: Matthew Fleming has been a horticulturist at the Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Facility in Suitland\, Maryland since 2010. In addition to serving as a supervisory horticulturist\, he manages three greenhouses with nearly a thousand tropical specimens that are displayed throughout the many Smithsonian gardens and landscapes along the National Mall during the warmer months. He has given talks on a wide variety of plant-related topics at the Smithsonian ranging from indoor pests to overwintering tropical plants.  Prior to coming to the Smithsonian\, Matt was a purchasing agent and garden center assistant manager for a full-service landscaping firm.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences where he studied Horticulture and Landscape Contracting.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/the-stories-science-and-history-of-trees-with-smithsonian-gardens-greenhouse-horticulturalist-matthew-fleming/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Wordsmith and Wonder: An Author Talk with Jodi Picoult
DESCRIPTION:Wordsmith and Wonder: An Author Talk with Jodi Picoult\nWednesday\, April 2 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nStep into Spring with us as we chat with the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel\, By Any Other Name. \nTold in intertwining narratives\, By Any Other Name is a sweeping tale of ambition\, courage\, and desire that asks what price each woman is willing to pay to see their work live on—even if it means they will be forgotten. Register now to join the wondrous conversation! \nAbout the Author: Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels\, including By Any Other Name\, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan)\, Wish You Were Here\, The Book of Two Ways\, A Spark of Light\, Small Great Things\, Leaving Time\, and My Sister’s Keeper\, and\, with daughter Samantha van Leer\, two young adult novels\, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/wordsmith-and-wonder-an-author-talk-with-jodi-picoult/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Dreams We Chase: An Author Talk with Novelist Jennifer Weiner
DESCRIPTION:Dreams We Chase: An Author Talk with Novelist Jennifer Weiner\nWednesday\, March 27 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nYou’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Hearing from the queen of fun herself\, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels\, Good In Bed\, In Her Shoes\, Big Summer\, The Breakaway and many more. \nAdditionally\, in a special preview\, Weiner will briefly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on April 8\, 2025) The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits. Set in the world of pop music\, The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits is about sisters\, motherhood\, young love\, and the dreams we chase. \nAbout the Author: Jennifer Weiner is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list\, with more than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of the novels Good in Bed (2001) and In Her Shoes (2002)\, which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz\, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of That Summer (2021); The Breakaway (2024); and The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of The Littlest Bigfoot middle-grade trilogy\, Her nonfiction collection Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life\, Love\, and Writing (2016)\, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/dreams-we-chase-an-author-talk-with-novelist-jennifer-weiner/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:How Women’s Liberation Transformed America: In Conversation with Clara Bingham
DESCRIPTION:How Women’s Liberation Transformed America: In Conversation with Clara Bingham\nThursday\, March 20 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author\, Clara Bingham\, as she chats with us about her new book\, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America\, 1963-1973. \nThe Movement is a comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement\, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes. The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement. Through the captivating individual voices of the people who lived it\, The Movement tells the intimate inside story of what it felt like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist crusade when women rejected thousands of years of custom and demanded the freedom to be who they wanted and needed to be. \nThis engaging history traces women’s awakening\, organizing\, and agitating between 1963 and 1973 when a decentralized collection of people and events coalesced to create a spontaneous combustion. From Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique to the underground abortion network the Janes\, to Shirley Chisholm’s presidential campaign and Billie Jean King’s 1973 battle of the sexes\, Bingham artfully weaves together the fragments of that explosion person by person\, bringing to life the emotions of this personal\, cultural\, and political revolution. Artists and politicians\, athletes and lawyers\, Black and white\, The Movement brings readers into the rooms where these women insisted on being treated as first-class citizens and\, in the process\, changed the fabric of American life. \nAbout the Author: Clara Bingham is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Movement\, Witness to the Revolution\, Women on the Hill\, and the co-writer of Class Action. A former Washington\, DC\, correspondent for Newsweek\, her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair\, The Guardian\, and The Daily Beast\, among others. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/how-womens-liberation-transformed-america-in-conversation-with-clara-bingham/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working with Author Dan Heath
DESCRIPTION:Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working with Author Dan Heath\nWednesday\, March 12 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nWhat if we could unlock forward movement—achieving progress on what matters most—without the need for more resources? The same people\, the same assets…but dramatically better results. Yesterday\, we were stuck. Today\, we reset. \nIn this talk\, you’ll learn: \n\nWhy the feeling of progress can be your secret weapon in accelerating change;\nHow leaders can uncover and stop wasteful activities;\nWhy your team’s motivation is often squandered—and how to avoid that mistake;\nHow you can jumpstart your change efforts by beginning with a “burst.”\n\nRegister now for your reset! \nAbout the Author: Dan Heath is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author (or author) of five beloved business books: Switch\, Made to Stick\, Decisive\, The Power of Moments\, and Upstream. His latest book\, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working\, will debut on January 21\, 2025. His books have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 4 million copies worldwide. His writing honors include: One of the best nonfiction books of the year\, according to Amazon. One of the best audiobooks of the year\, according to Apple. And the OWL award for Best Business Book of the Year. Dan hosts a podcast called: “What It’s Like to Be…” In every episode\, he interviews someone from a different profession: a couples therapist\, a rancher\, a Secret Service Agent\, and more. It’s consistently a Top 10 podcast in Apple’s Careers category. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/power-of-reset-and-how-to-change-whats-not-working-with-author-dan-heath/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins
DESCRIPTION:I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins\nTuesday\, February 18 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nWe welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir\, I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free. \nI Am Nobody’s Slave tells the story of one Black family’s pursuit of the American Dream through the impacts of systemic racism and racial violence. This book examines how trauma from enslavement and Jim Crow shaped their outlook on thriving in America\, influenced each generation\, and how they succeeded despite these challenges. \nTo their suburban Minnesotan neighbors\, the Hawkinses were an ideal American family\, embodying strength and success. However\, behind closed doors\, they faced the legacy of enslavement and apartheid. Lee Hawkins\, Sr. often exhibited rage\, leaving his children anxious and curious about his protective view of the world. Thirty years later\, his son uncovered the reasons for his father’s anxiety and occasional violence. Through research\, he discovered violent deaths in his family for every generation since slavery\, mostly due to white-on-Black murders\, and how white enslavers impacted the family’s customs. \nHawkins explores the role of racism-triggered childhood trauma and chronic stress in shortening his ancestors’ lives\, using genetic testing\, reporting\, and historical data to craft a moving family portrait. This book shows how genealogical research can educate and heal Americans of all races\, revealing through their story the story of America—a journey of struggle\, resilience\, and the heavy cost of ultimate success. Register today to join the conversation! \nAbout the Author: LEE HAWKINS was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal\, where he worked for nineteen years. He has received several fellowships\, including The Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism\, the Alicia Patterson Foundation Journalism Fellowship\, the O’Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism\, the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship for reporting on child well-being. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ “Salute to Excellence” Award. He is the creator and host of the podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” and lives in the New York City area.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/i-am-nobodys-slave-an-author-talk-with-pulitzer-prize-finalist-lee-hawkins/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T190000
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SUMMARY:Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice
DESCRIPTION:Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice\nTuesday\, February 11 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nYou’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice about his newest book\, Moon of the Turning Leaves\, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel\, Moon of the Crusted Snow. \nIt’s been over a decade since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy. Evan Whitesky led his community in remote northern Ontario off the rez and into the bush\, where they’ve been living off the land\, rekindling their Anishinaabe traditions in total isolation from the outside world. \nAs new generations are born and others come of age in the world after everything\, Evan’s people are in some ways stronger than ever. However\, resources in and around their new settlement are beginning to dry up\, and the elders warn that they cannot afford to stay indefinitely. \nEvan and his fifteen-year-old daughter\, Nangohns\, are elected to lead a small scouting party on a months-long trip to their traditional home on the north shore of Lake Huron—to seek new beginnings and discover what kind of life—and what dangers—still exist in the lands to the south. \nMoon of the Turning Leaves is Rice’s exhilarating return to the world first explored in the phenomenal breakout bestseller Moon of the Crusted Snow: a brooding story of survival\, resilience\, Indigenous identity\, and rebirth. Register now for a thrilling conversation! \nAbout the Author:  Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His books include the Independent Publishers Book Award-winning short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge and the national bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. Reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his journalism career\, in 2014\, he received the Anishinabek Nation’s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling\, and from 2018 to 2020\, he hosted Up North\, CBC Radio’s afternoon show for northern Ontario.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/dystopian-tropes-from-an-indigenous-perspective-in-conversation-with-waubgeshig-rice/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts: How We Create Pandemics\, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
DESCRIPTION:How We Create Pandemics\, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts\nTuesday\, February 4 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. \nThe COVID-19 pandemic won’t be our last—because what makes us vulnerable to pandemics also makes us human. That is the uncomfortable but all-too-timely message of The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics\, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs\, which travels through history and around the globe to examine how and why pandemics are an inescapable threat of our own making. Drawing on dozens of disciplines—from medicine\, epidemiology\, and microbiology to anthropology\, sociology\, ecology\, and neuroscience—as well as a unique expertise in public education about emerging infectious diseases\, biological anthropologist Sabrina Sholts identifies the human traits and tendencies that double as pandemic liabilities\, from the anatomy that defines us to the misperceptions that divide us. \nWeaving together a wealth of personal experiences\, scientific findings\, and historical stories\, Sholts brings dramatic and much-needed clarity to one of the most profound challenges we face as a species. Though the COVID-19 pandemic looms large in Sholts’s account\, it is\, in fact\, just one of the many infectious disease events explored in The Human Disease. With its expansive\, evolutionary perspective\, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because humans cause them\, by the ways that we are and the things that we do. By recognizing our risks\, Sholts suggests\, we can take actions to reduce them. When the next pandemic happens\, and how bad it becomes\, are largely within our highly capable human hands—and will be determined by what we do with our extraordinary human brains. A presentation you don’t want to miss\, register now! \nAbout the Author: Sabrina Sholts is a biological anthropologist and Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Her research explores intersections of human\, animal\, and environmental health in the past and present. She received her PhD in Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley in Integrative Biology and at Stockholm University in Biophysics and Biochemistry. Sholts has published widely in academic journals including American Journal of Biological Anthropology\, Environmental Health Perspectives\, JAMA\, PNAS\, Scientific Reports\, Proceedings of the Royal Society B\, and Nature Ecology & Evolution\, and written for popular audiences in Scientific American and Smithsonian Magazine. She was named as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist in 2019. In addition\, she was Lead Curator of the exhibition Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World at the NMNH (2018-2022) and a scientific advisor for the related exhibition Épidémies: Prendre soin du vivant at the musée des Confluences in Lyon\, France (2024-2025).
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/smithsonian-curator-sabrina-sholts-how-we-create-pandemics-from-our-bodies-to-our-beliefs/
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SUMMARY:An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman
DESCRIPTION:An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent: A Conversation with Seth Fishman\nThursday\, January 28 at 1:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nYou’re writing a book (or thinking about it)\, but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman\, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company. \nThe Gernert Company represents more than 500 authors and is a full-service literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their client list is as broad as the market and they represent fiction\, both literary and commercial (such as Liz Moore\, John Grisham\, Louise Penny\, Cixin Liu)\, as well as general nonfiction and practical nonfiction genres. \nIn this presentation\, Fishman will deep dive into what happens after you’ve signed with a literary agent. He will cover many topics\, including but not limited to: \n\nWhat agents are and are not looking for\,\nHow to submit your work to an agent and when\,\nWhat to expect after you’ve both said “yes!” to working together\,\nWhat you can look forward to as you ready your work with an eye towards submitting to publishers\, including the revision process and so much more.\n\nThis extended\, 90-minute presentation\, includes 30 minutes of Q&A. This is the year to make all of your publishing dreams come true. To learn about this beginning stage of the process\, register now! \nAbout the Author: Head of the Los Angeles office\, Seth is a Vice President and agent at The Gernert Company\, which he joined in 2010 after beginning his career as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic\, Inc. Born in Midland\, Texas\, he graduated from Princeton University and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich\, England. His interests are wide-ranging\, but in particular he’s looking for the new voice\, the original idea\, the entirely breathtaking creative angle in both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children\, and is the author of the award-winning picture book\, A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars\, along with Power Up and The Ocean In Your Bathtub\, as well as two YA books. \n 
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/an-inside-look-at-working-with-a-literary-agent-a-conversation-with-seth-fishman/
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SUMMARY:Author Amanda Montell: Notes on Modern Irrationality
DESCRIPTION:Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestselling Author Amanda Montell\nThursday\, January 23 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author\, Amanda Montell about her newest book\, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. \nIn a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power\, disadvantages\, and highlights of magical thinking\, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. \nIn a series of razor sharp\, deeply funny chapters\, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains\, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities\, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit\, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope\, empathy\, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason\, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds\, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while\, or even hear a melody in it. \nAbout the Author: Amanda Montell is a writer and linguist from Baltimore. She is the author of the acclaimed books Wordslut\, Cultish\, and The Age of Magical Overthinking. Along with hosting the podcast Sounds Like a Cult\, her writing has also appeared in The New York Times\, Marie Claire\, Cosmopolitan\, and more. She holds a degree in linguistics from NYU and lives in Los Angeles with her partner\, plants\, and pets. Find her on Instagram @Amanda_Montell. \n 
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-tj-klune-the-magic-of-found-family-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Youth Programs
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SUMMARY:Author TJ Klune: The Magic of Found Family
DESCRIPTION:The Magic of Found Family: In Conversation with Author TJ Klune\nWednesday\, January 15 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nCome have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles\, with special emphasis on his newest in the series\, Somewhere Beyond the Sea. \nIf you’re new to the Cerulean Chronicles\, that’s okay! Let us lay the groundwork. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea introduces us to Linus Baker. A by-the-book caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He’s tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe\, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story\, masterfully told\, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place―and realizing that family is yours. \nKlune’s most recent book in the Cerulean Chronicles\, Somewhere Beyond the Sea\, welcomes us back for Arthur’s story. \nSomewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance\, lovingly told about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it. \nAbout the Author: TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea\, The Extraordinaries\, and more. Being queer himself\, Klune believes it’s important—now more than ever—to have accurate\, positive queer representation in stories. \n 
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-tj-klune-the-magic-of-found-family/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Teen Program,Youth Programs
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SUMMARY:Author Laura Dave: On Pulse-Pounding\, Family Driven Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:On Pulse-Pounding\, Family Driven Mysteries: A Conversation with Laura Dave\nWednesday\, December 4 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us for a captivating conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me\, Laura Dave\, as she chats with us online about her newest book The Night We Lost Him. \nThe Night We Lost Him focuses on estranged siblings who discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years\, one that may have been fatal… \nWith Laura Dave’s trademark combination of soulful suspense and evocative family drama\, The Night We Lost Him is a riveting page-turner. Register now to learn about this book and so much more! \nAbout the Author: Laura Dave is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels\, including The Last Thing He Told Me and Eight Hundred Grapes. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages\, and six of them\, including The  Night We Lost Him\, have been optioned for film and television. She resides in Santa Monica\, California.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-laura-dave-on-pulse-pounding-family-driven-mysteries/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Unearthed: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection with Dr. Jeffrey Post
DESCRIPTION:Unearthed: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection with Dr. Jeffrey Post\nWednesday\, December 4 at 2:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us for an absolutely dazzling presentation with the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection\, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post as he talks about The Smithsonian National Gem Collection Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels. \nThe Smithsonian’s Unearthed explores the scandals\, mysteries\, and human stories behind the world’s greatest gems. In this original book\, the surprising stories behind this world-renowned gem collection are brought to life by Dr. Jeffrey E. Post\, curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection for over 30 years. In this webinar\, fact is separated from fiction and Dr. Post will reveal fresh information and regale the viewers with anecdotes and tales of some of the world’s greatest and most famous gemstones. Inside the illustrious pages of Unearthed\, Dr. Post tells the stories of the Smithsonian’s most famous gems\, including the Hope Diamond\, Star of Asia Sapphire\, Carmen Lucia Ruby\, Hooker Emerald\, and Blue Heart Diamond and presents the tales\, details\, and fascinating facts surrounding rarely displayed gems from the Smithsonian vault and recent additions made to the collection. \nShine bright with us this holiday season and register now! \nAbout the Author and Presenter: \nDr. Jeffrey Edward Post\, a native of Wisconsin\, received Bachelor of Science degrees in geology and chemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville\, and his Ph.D. in chemistry\, with a specialty in geochemistry\, from Arizona State University.  Prior to joining the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History in 1984\, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for three years in the Department of Geological Sciences at Harvard University.  He was Chairman of the Department of Mineral Sciences 1989-1994 and 2014-2019\, and from 1991 to 2023 served as Curator-in-Charge of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection. Dr. Post was the lead Curator for the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology\, Gems and Minerals that opened in 1997. In May 2023 he was appointed research curator\, emeritus. \nHis areas of research interest include mineralogy\, gemology\, and geochemistry.  He has published more than 150 scientific articles in these fields.  He is the author of The National Gem Collection\, and the recently published: The Smithsonian National Gem Collection—Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/unearthed-exploring-the-smithsonian-national-gem-collection-with-dr-jeffrey-post/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Native Rights and Culture in Fiction–A Conversation with Mona Susan Power
DESCRIPTION:Native Rights and Culture in Fiction–A Conversation with Mona Susan Power\nWednesday\, November 20 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture\, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls. \nFrom the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people\, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools\, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women\, told part through the stories of the dolls they carried…. \nA modern masterpiece\, A Council of Dolls is gorgeous\, quietly devastating\, and ultimately hopeful\, shining a light on the echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page. Register now to join the conversation! \nAbout the Author: Mona Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel\, A Council of Dolls\, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of three previously published works of fiction: The Grass Dancer\, which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize\, Sacred Wilderness\, and Roofwalker. Her short stories have been published by The Atlantic Monthly\, The Paris Review\, The Best American Short Stories\, and more. Mona is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Saint Paul\, Minnesota.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/native-rights-and-culture-in-fiction-a-conversation-with-mona-susan-power/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Javier Zamora: On Childhood Migration from Central America
DESCRIPTION:On Childhood Migration from Central America–In Conversation with Javier Zamora\nThursday\, November 14 at 4:00 via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nTune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito. \nZamora’s adventure involves a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador through Guatemala and Mexico and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety\, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks. \nSolito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story\, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story! \nAbout the Author: Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the country when he was one and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents’ migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. When he was nine\, Javier migrated through Guatemala\, Mexico\, and the Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection\, Unaccompanied\, explores the impact of the war and immigration on his family. Zamora has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-javier-zamora-on-childhood-migration-from-central-america/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained: In Conversation with Stanley Milford\, Jr.
DESCRIPTION:A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained: In Conversation with Stangley Milford\, Jr.\nThursday\, November 7 at 7:00 pm via digital live stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us in conversation with Navajo Ranger\, Stanley Milford\, Jr. as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland. \nIn The Paranormal Ranger\, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford’s Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible. Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to run down your spine! \nAbout the Author: Stanley Milford\, Jr.\, graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia\, New Mexico\, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers\, Stan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU)\, whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation\, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers\, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation’s White Collar Crime Unit.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/a-navajo-investigators-search-for-the-unexplained-in-conversation-with-stanley-milford-jr/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T140000
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SUMMARY:Author Lori Gottlieb: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
DESCRIPTION:Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: Examining the Truths and Fictions We Tell Ourselves with Lori Gottlieb\nWednesday\, October 22 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nEvery year\, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist’s couch—and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training\, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. “I know what it’s like to be a person\,” she writes\, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. \nWith startling wisdom and humor\, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots\, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire\, meaning and mortality\, guilt and redemption\, terror and courage\, hope and change. \nAbout the Author: Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, which has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical practice\, she co-hosts the popular “Dear Therapists” podcast produced by Katie Couric and writes The Atlantic’s “Dear Therapist” advice column. She is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show\, Good Morning America\, CBS This Morning\, CNN\, and NPR’s “Fresh Air” and her TED Talk was one of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year. She is the creator of the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit for Editing Your Story and Changing Your Life and the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Journal: 52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life. Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com or by following her on Instagram @lorigottlieb_author and X @LoriGottlieb1.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-lori-gottlieb-maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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SUMMARY:Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction: In Conversation with Bestselling Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia\nWednesday\, October 9 at 7:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nYou’re invited to free your mind with the highly acclaimed Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of several novels\, including Mexican Gothic\, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau\, Gods of Jade and Shadow\, and many more! \nMoreno-Garcia’s most recent novel\, The Seventh Veil of Salome\, is set in 1950s Hollywood. Vera Larios\, an unknown Mexican ingénue\, has just won a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times–Salome. Vera quickly becomes the talk of the town and an object of envy for Nancy Hartley\, an actress whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves. \nAbout the Author:  Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of many critically acclaimed novels\, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic\, Ignyte Award)\, Mexican Gothic (Locus Award\, British Fantasy Award\, Pacific Northwest Book Award\, Aurora Award\, Goodreads Award)\, Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award)\, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau\, and The Seventh Veil of Salome. She writes in various genres\, including fantasy\, horror\, noir\, and historical. \nMexican by birth\, Canadian by inclination. Cachanilla and Canuck\, originally from Baja\, California\, now reside in Vancouver. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-silvia-moreno-garcia-liberating-latin-american-genre-fiction/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats
DESCRIPTION:A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats with Scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute\nWednesday\, October 2 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us in kicking off October as we welcome three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats! \nFor decades\, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have studied the remarkable biodiversity of bats on Barro Colorado Island in Panama\, where an astonishing seventy-six species coexist. Now\, for the first time\, Smithsonian scientists’ expertise pairs with the stunning photography of National Geographic contributor Christian Ziegler for a captivating visual journey into the fascinating world of these elusive night creatures\, to bring you the book Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats. \n 
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute-a-journey-into-the-hidden-world-of-tropical-bats/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Author Liane Moriarty: A Deep Dive in Character Development
DESCRIPTION:A Deep Dive in Character Development with Global Sensation Liane Moriarty\nSaturday\, September 21 at 7:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nIf you knew your future\, would you try to fight fate? If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live\, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Join us as we chat with mega-bestselling author Liane Moriarty about her newest novel Here One Moment. Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny\, grief and love\, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. \nAbout the Author: Liane Moriarty is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Truly Madly Guilty\, Big Little Lies\, The Husband’s Secret\, The Hypnotist’s Love Story\, What Alice Forgot\, Apples Never Fall\, and Here One Moment. She lives in Sydney\, Australia\, with her husband and two children.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-liane-moriarty-a-deep-dive-in-character-development/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World – with Nate Klemp\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World – with Nate Klemp\, PhD\nTuesday\, September 10 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin us as New York Times bestselling author and philosopher Nate Klemp helps us explore pathways back to openminded living when he talks to us about the core tenets in his new book Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World. \nWith the avalanche of information we get every day\, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close off to ourselves by compulsively checking our devices. We close to each other by getting caught in echo chambers of outrage. But what if there’s another way? In this climate of distraction and division\, Nate Klemp’s Open offers a path back to a way of living that is expansive\, creative\, and filled with wonder. \nAbout the Author: About the Author: Nate Klemp\, PhD\, is a philosopher\, writer\, and mindfulness entrepreneur. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Start Here\, the New York Times critics’ pick The 80/80 Marriage\, and his newest book\, Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World. His work has been featured in the LA Times\, Psychology Today\, the Times of London\, and more\, and his appearances include Good Morning America and Talks at Google. He’s a cofounder of LifeXT and founding partner at Mindful. For more\, visit nateklemp.com or @Nate_Klemp on Instagram.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/living-with-an-expansive-mind-in-a-distracted-world-with-nate-klemp-phd/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Author Garrett Graff: Capturing the Human Drama of 9/11 and D-Day Through Oral History
DESCRIPTION:Capturing the Human Drama of 9/11 and D-Day Through Oral History with author Garrett Graff\nTuesday\, September 10 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nRegister for this incredibly moving virtual chat with New York Times bestselling author Garrett Graff! An expert at capturing the human drama\, Graff will speak about his body of work with particular focus on his oral histories\, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 and When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day. \nAbout the Author: Garrett M. Graff has spent nearly two decades covering politics\, technology\, and national security. The former editor of Politico and contributor to Wired and CNN\, he’s written for publications from Esquire to Rolling Stone to The New York Times\, and today serves as the director of the cyber initiative at the Aspen Institute. Graff is the author of multiple books\, including the FBI history The Threat Matrix\, Raven Rock (about the government’s Cold War Doomsday plans)\, When the Sea Came Alive (an oral history of D-Day)\, and the New York Times bestsellers The Only Plane in the Sky and Watergate\, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-garrett-graff-capturing-the-human-drama-of-9-11-and-d-day-through-oral-history/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Author Shelby Van Pelt: An Exploration of Friendship\, Reckoning\, and Hope
DESCRIPTION:An Exploration of Friendship\, Reckoning\, and Hope with novelist Shelby Van Pelt\nWednesday\, August 21 at 7:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nWe invite you to join us as we chat with the amazing New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship\, reckoning\, hope\, and so much more! \nRemarkably Bright Creatures is a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance 30 years ago. \nAfter Tova Sullivan’s husband died\, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium\, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope\, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son\, Erik\, mysteriously vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over 30 years ago. \nAs she works\, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus\, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine\, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight tentacles for his human captors—until he forms an unlikely friendship with Tova. \nEver the detective\, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. As his affection for Tova grows\, Marcellus must use every trick his old\, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. \nCharming\, compulsively readable\, and full of wit\, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship\, reckoning\, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don’t want to miss! \nAbout the Author: Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel\, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES\, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins (US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in Spring 2022 and was an Instant New York Times bestseller and has sold a million and a half copies. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, she’s now missing the mountains in the Chicago area with her husband and two children.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/author-shelby-van-pelt-an-exploration-of-friendship-reckoning-and-hope/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:The Golden Ticket to College Admissions Is Not What You Think: Redefining Success for Parents of Teens with Irena Smith\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:The Golden Ticket to College Admissions Is Not What You Think: Redefining Success for Parents of Teens with Irena Smith\, PhD\nThursday\, August 15 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream \nREGISTER HERE \nAnother college application season is around the corner\, and stress is already beginning to ratchet up for teens and their parents. You’re invited to join us for this must-watch talk by Irena Smith\, PhD. You will hear about constructive and healthy ways to approach the college application process\, preserve your relationship with your teen\, and help them define success on their terms instead of chasing the elusive “golden ticket.” \nIrena is a former Stanford Admissions Officer who has spent 18 years advising accomplished\, tightly-wound students in Palo Alto and around the world. She saw firsthand the extreme measures parents took to help their children gain admission to highly selective colleges and the toll it took on the children as well as on their parents. \nAt the same time\, Irena’s own children struggled with developmental delays\, learning differences\, severe depression\, and anxiety. She kept her double life—successful college counselor at work\, anxious mom at home—tightly under wraps for years until a stunning realization: she was exactly like the anxious parents of the students she worked with\, all of whom were equally terrified about their children’s future. Irena’s memoir\, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays\, which candidly explores her personal as well as professional life\, was published in 2023\, and she has since devoted her time to speaking out about hard things: the heavy burden of generational expectations\, teen and young adult mental health\, and the importance of embracing a broader\, more generous vision of what it means to succeed. To learn more about Irena’s personal experience as a parent\, professional experience as a college admissions officer\, and leave with tips on how to help your child approach the application process in practical\, healthy ways–register now! \nAbout the Author: Irena Smith is an author\, former Stanford admissions officer\, independent college counselor\, and mother of three extraordinary children. She emigrated from the former Soviet Union with her parents when she was nine years old. In spite of her fierce insistence that she would never\, not ever\, learn English\, she went on to earn a BA in English and then a PhD in Comparative Literature (both from UCLA\, where she received a Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award and Dissertation Year Fellowship). Irena taught literature and composition at UCLA and Stanford before transitioning to college admissions\, college advising\, and writing. Her recently published memoir\, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays is the winner of the Story Circle Network’s Gilda Award\, named in honor of comedian Gilda Radner to recognize honest\, authentic writing that “makes us laugh even when we want to cry.” It’s been described by Forbes as “captivating and smart… a potential antidote to the fevered belief that being admitted to an elite college will spell the difference between a successful life vs. a doomed future.” She has given a TEDx talk on humanizing the college application process and writes about parenting\, college admissions\, and redefining success in her weekly Substack newsletter\, The Golden Ticket (is not what you think). You can also find her on Substack at Personal Statements.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/the-golden-ticket-to-college-admissions-is-not-what-you-think-redefining-success-for-parents-of-teens-with-irena-smith-phd/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Your All Access Pass Behind the Scenes at the Space Station with Smithsonian Curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur
DESCRIPTION:Your All Access Pass Behind the Scenes at the Space Station with Smithsonian Curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur\nWednesday\, August 7th at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream! \nREGISTER HERE \nYou’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur. \nRevealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible\, Dr. Levasseur will guide you through the Smithsonian’s Behind the Scenes at the Space Station and take you on a once-in-a-lifetime virtual tour of the International Space Station. \nYou will learn what the astronauts do once they make it to the space station\, from experiments to repairs and so much more! Have you ever wondered if plants could grow in outer space? Or how the space station doesn’t break down in outer space? Or how astronauts go to the toilet in microgravity? \nBehind the Scenes at the Space Station is a treasure trove of information. Did you know that during a 24-hour period\, the space station completes 16 orbits of Earth and the astronauts on board see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day? Or that the International Space Station is so enormous that it was launched in pieces and constructed in orbit? \nBrimming with astonishing visuals\, step-by-step explanations of everyday space work in action\, and job profiles of the adventurous people who make it happen\, Dr. Levasseur’s tour Behind the Scenes at the Space Station is the perfect way to spend an hour and experience life in space. \nRegister now for your all-access pass to a spectacular home in space! \nAbout the Author: Dr. Jennifer Levasseur is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (BA\, 1999). She received an MA from George Washington University (2002) and a PhD from George Mason University (2014). Her first book\, published in 2020\, examined the cultural significance of astronaut photography. She is the responsible curator for the Museum’s astronaut cameras\, chronographs\, the Space Shuttle\, and International Space Station programs. In 22 years at NASM\, Jennifer has worked on artifact loans\, a biennial museums conference\, and numerous digital projects. She curated the 2015 exhibit Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity\, co-curated One World Connected\, and is lead curator for the forthcoming At Home in Space gallery. \nJennifer started her Smithsonian career with an internship in the National Portrait Gallery\, where she cataloged photographs and developed strategies for recording portrait information in the museum’s artifact database.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/your-all-access-pass-behind-the-scenes-at-the-space-station-with-smithsonian-curator-dr-jennifer-levasseur/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat (5th-8th Grade)
DESCRIPTION:Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat (5th-8th Grade)\nTuesday\, July 30 at 2:00 pm via digital live-stream!    \nREGISTER HERE \nJoin this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature\, Dan Santat\, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book\, A First Time for Everything\, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. \nDan Santat began drawing as a young boy and although he first studied microbiology\, he pursued his passion in illustration. He spent many hours as a child and teenager teaching himself to draw by copying illustrations from comic books until he developed the unique\, recognizable style that we see today. His talk will inspire listeners to draw their own story as well as give them practical tips on the creation of graphic novels. \nAbout the Author \nDan Santat is a Caldecott Medal winner\, a National Book Award winner\, and a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His artwork is also featured in numerous picture books\, chapter books\, and middle-grade novels. Santat created the animated television show\, “The Replacements\,” as well. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.
URL:https://burnhamlibrary.org/events/graphic-novels-are-life-telling-your-own-story-in-a-graphic-novel-with-dan-santat-5th-8th-grade/
LOCATION:The Burnham Library\, 62 Main Street South\, Burnham Library\, Bridgewater\, CT\, 06798\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Youth Programs
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