Events slated for week of February 2 at the main branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Just Added! Betty Medsger | The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341 In 1971 a group of unlikely activists--ordinary people from diverse walks of life--broke into an FBI office just outside of Philadelphia and stole thousands of files that documented the dirty tricks, Constitutional violations, and domestic spying of J. Edgar Hoover's "shadow" agency. Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger was the first to receive and report on these files. In The Burglary, she details how their actions "dealt the first significant blow to an institution that had amassed enormous power and prestige" (New York Times) in this chillingly prescient tale that seems to foreshadow post-9/11 spying and state secrets. In conversation with Bonnie and John Raines and Keith Forsyth |
Armistead Maupin | The Days of Anna Madrigal Monday, February 3, 2014 at 7:30 PM; buy tickets online>> |
Philip Schultz | The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 7:30 PM; buy tickets online>> |
One Book, One Philadelphia Opening Program Featuring Kevin Powers
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 7:30 PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-7710 Lead Sponsor: |
Roddy Doyle | The Guts with Wesley Stace | Wonderkid
Friday, February 7, 2014 at 7:30 PM; FREE No tickets or reservations required. For more info: 215-567-4341 "Feisty, funky, rude, unpretentious and great fun" (Time Out), prolific novelist, dramatist, children's author, and screenwriter Roddy Doyle writes fiction rooted in the vibrant colloquialisms and tight relationships of the Irish working class. His novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Hawon the Man Booker Prize. The Guts is the latest chapter in the Barrytown series. The first three novels-The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van-were critical darlings and adapted into successful movies. |
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