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SUMMARY:WINTER READ Kickoff: Maureen Corrigan and "So We Read On"
DESCRIPTION:To kick off the 2024 Winter Read of The Great Gatsby\, join us 
 for an evening with Maureen Corrigan\, NPR Fresh Air book critic and author 
 of So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures. 
 \n\nConceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a 
 failure\, The Great Gatsby is now a revered classic and a rite of passage 
 in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know Gatsby? As 
 Maureen Corrigan\, Gatsby lover extraordinaire\, points out\, while 
 Fitzgerald’s masterpiece may be one of the most popular novels in 
 America\, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully 
 comprehend its power.\n\nOffering a fresh perspective on what makes Gatsby 
 great — and utterly unusual — So We Read On takes us into archives\, 
 high school classrooms\, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore 
 the novel’s hidden depths\, a journey whose revelations include Gatsby's 
 surprising debt to hard-boiled crime fiction\, its rocky path to 
 recognition as a “classic\,” and its profound commentaries on the 
 national themes of race\, class\, and gender.\n\nWith rigor\, wit\, and 
 infectious enthusiasm\, Corrigan inspires us to re-experience the greatness 
 of Gatsby and cuts to the heart of why we are\, as a culture\, “borne 
 back ceaselessly” into its thrall. Along the way\, she spins a new and 
 fascinating story of her own.\n\nRegistration is required. A book signing 
 with Chapter One will follow. This event will also be livestreamed\, and a 
 recording will be available to view through March 15\, 2024.\n\nMaureen 
 Corrigan is America’s most trusted and beloved book critic. Her 
 distinctive voice is at once incisive and accessible\, like a well-read 
 friend who always sends you home with a good book to read. For more than 
 twenty years Maureen has been the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. She is 
 also a columnist for The Washington Post and The Nicky and Jamie Grant 
 Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown 
 University. She is the author of two books of her own: Leave me Alone I’m 
 Reading and So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it 
 Endures\, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Library 
 Journal. Aside from her writings for The Washington Post and The Village 
 Voice\, Maureen has also written reviews for The New York Times\, The 
 Boston Globe and The Nation among others. She serves on the advisory panel 
 of The American Heritage Dictionary\, is an associate editor of and 
 contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers\, as well as the winner of the 
 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism. She has served as a juror for the Pulitzer 
 Prize in Fiction and has also been on the judges’ panel for the Los 
 Angeles Times Book Prize.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations, Winter Read
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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