Member Price: $25/lecture | Nonmember Price: $30/lecture
The price includes a buffet lunch, the program, Q&A and author signings.
Judson Park Mansion, 2181 Ambleside Dr., Cleveland
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Hilary Plum, Assistant Professor, English Department, Cleveland State University
Friday, June 9
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Hilary Plum is the author of several books, including the essay collection Hole Studies, the novel Strawberry Fields, and the work of nonfiction Watchfires, which received the GLCA New Writers Award. Excisions, a collection of poetry, is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2023.
TRUE RAIDERS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 1909 EXPEDITION TO FIND THE LEGENDARY ARK OF THE COVENANT
Brad Ricca, Lecturer, Department of English, CWRU
Friday, July 14
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
This book tells the untold story of Monty Parker … who assembles a ragtag group of blueblood adventurers, a renowned psychic, and a Franciscan father, to engage in a secret 1909 excavation just outside the city walls of Jerusalem.
NO LIFE BUT THIS: A NOVEL OF EMILY WARREN ROEBLING
Diane Vogel Ferri, Author; Founding Member of Literary Cleveland
Friday, August 11
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Inspired by a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, this book is based on the true story of Roebling, who had to take over the construction of the bridge when her husband, the chief engineer, fell ill.