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Scott Simon | Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
One of America's most respected and decorated broadcasters, Scott Simon is the host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial" (Washington Post). Having reported from all 50 states, five continents, and 10 wars, Simon has earned every major award in broadcasting, including the Emmy, Peabody, Studs Terkel, and Columbia-DuPont awards. His novels and nonfiction, ranging in topics from war-torn Sarajevo to Jackie Robinson to the joys of adoption, have received wide critical acclaim. Simon's new memoir is a portrait of grateful moments spent with his mother in her final days.
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Philip Glass | Words Without Music
Minimalist classicist composer Philip Glass is one of the most influential artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His prolific and immersive work includes more than 20 operas, 10 symphonies, musical theater works, concertos, and scores for his own group, the Philip Glass Ensemble. He is the subject of six documentary films, and his wide-ranging collaborators include David Bowie, Twyla Tharp, Allen Ginsberg, and a host of other artists across a range of disciplines. For his film scores he has been nominated for and won multiple Golden Globe, Oscar, and BAFTA Awards. Words Without Music depicts Glass's creative process, the stories behind his most famous music, and the life of the man who almost singlehandedly reshaped the sound of modern classical music.
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Candice Bergen | A Fine Romance
Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture
Candice Bergen won five Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards for her starring role in the popular television series Murphy Brown, and received critical acclaim for her role on the dramedy Boston Legal, and for her work in such films as The Wind and the Lion, Gandhi, and Starting Over, for which she received an Oscar nomination. She is the author of the 1984 memoir Knock Wood, a coming-of-age story about her relationship with her father, famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. A Fine Romance picks up Bergen's story as a wife and mother, her acclaim as a film and television star, and the ups and downs of a singular life.
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Lisa Genova | Inside the O'Briens
Friday, April 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM; FREE
No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341
Lisa Genova's New York Times bestselling debut novel, Still Alice, was adapted into Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award-winning film starring Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin. The story of a Harvard psychology professor facing early-onset Alzheimer's disease, it was praised for its honest and compassionate take on an ailment that affects scores of American families. Genova, a neuroscientist by trade, has since become a professional speaker about Alzheimer's and has been a commentator on several media outlets. Her two follow-up novels, Left Neglected and Love Anthony, have also become bestsellers. Inside the O'Briens focuses on a working class family's struggle with its patriarch's diagnosis of Huntington's Disease.
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Of Interest
Monday Poets: Kasey Jueds and Teresa Leo
Monday, April 6, 2015 at 6:30 PM; FREE
No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-686-5402
Kasey Jueds's first poetry book, the prize-winning Keeper, was published in 2012. Her poetry has appeared in numerous publications, including Prairie Schooner and Women's Review of Books and she has even found her way onto Public Radio International's "The Writer's Almanac."
Teresa Leo is the author of two books of poetry, Bloom in Reverse and The Halo Rule. Her work has appeared in many places, including the American Poetry Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, and Women's Review of Books. The recipient of many honors, grants and awards, she works at the University of Pennsylvania.
Monday Poets is presented in Room 108 at Parkway Central on the first Monday of every month and is moderated by Lamont Dixon.
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Free Library Author Events
Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Director, Author Events
Laura Kovacs, Associate Director
Jason Freeman, Program Assistant
phone: 215-567-4341
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