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    July 2020

    Mon, July 6, 2020
    8:00 PM

    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…

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    Mon, July 13, 2020
    8:00 PM

    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.…

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    Mon, July 20, 2020
    8:00 PM

    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…

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    Mon, July 27, 2020
    8:00 PM

    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…

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    August 2020

    Mon, August 3, 2020
    8:00 PM

    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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