Dan Cirucci: Upcoming At The Philadelphia Free Library!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Upcoming At The Philadelphia Free Library!

Finally Confirmed: Margo Jefferson | Negroland

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM; FREE

No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341

A former longtime theater and book reviewer for Newsweek and the New York Times, Margo Jefferson won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for her astute cultural criticism. Her new memoir Negroland explores the author's upbringing and education amongst a black elite at odds with the contradictions of white America and itself. Ms. Jefferson will join Leonard Pitts, Jr. at this event.

Lee Child | Make Me

In conversation with Linda Fairstein

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM; FREE

No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341

Internationally celebrated author Lee Child is best known for his thriller series starring Jack Reacher, "one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes" (Washington Post). Ten of these 20 books have become no. 1 New York Times bestsellers. Child's debut novel, Killing Floor, won Anthony and Barry Awards for Best First Mystery, and he has also published short stories in a panoply of publications and produced a 17-part Audible.com serial thriller. An eponymously titled Jack Reacher film starring Tom Cruise premiered in 2012, a sequel to which is now in development. In his newest adventure, Child's resourceful protagonist finds intrigue in the tiny town of Mother's Rest. In conversation with Linda Fairstein, bestselling novelist and former chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan.

Wil Haygood | Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM; buy tickets online>>

A Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist with an illustrious 30-year career, Wil Haygood is most famous for his 2008 Washington Post article, "A Butler Well Served By This Election," a story about the White House steward who bore witness to some of 20th century America's most notable events and figures. He later adapted the article into a book that has been translated into a dozen languages. The article was also adapted into the critically acclaimed film The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker. Haygood is also the author of popular biographies of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson. His new book offers a revealing portrait of the 40-year career of one of the most transformative legal figures in the United States.

Jojo Moyes | After You

Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM; FREE

No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341

"Funny and moving but never predictable" (USA Today), British writer Jojo Moyes is the author of a dozen popular romance novels. She is perhaps best known for 2012's Me Before You, a nominee for Book of the Year at the UK Galaxy Book Awards and a New York Times bestseller. One of the few two-time winners of the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award, her work has sold millions of copies and has been translated into 11 languages. In After You, Moyes returns to the characters of Me Before You in the homey story of a plucky young woman and the family of the man she loves.

Of Interest

Edgar Allan Poe Reading Group

Saturdays, 2-4 PM: October 3, October 27, November 7, November 21, December 5

Parkway Central Library, Rare Book Department, 3rd Floor

In partnership with the Free Library's Rare Book Department, the Rosenbach presents the Edgar Allan Poe Reading Group. Providing a supportive community for those newly introduced to Poe, and a deeper experience for Poe fans, this Reading Group will feature guided discussion, led by instructor Edward G. Pettit, of a variety of reading assignments from week-to-week. Participants will have the opportunity to view some of the Rare Book Department's impressive Poe holdings as part of each session. Tuition: $250. To register please call 215-732-1600, ext. 100 or e-mail rsvp@rosenbach.org.

Free Library Author Events

Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Director, Author Events

Laura Kovacs, Associate Director

Jason Freeman, Program Associate

phone: 215-567-4341

email: authorevents@freelibrary.org

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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