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  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: A Lunchtime MAP Day Reading and Conversation with Deesha Philyaw

    Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United States

    African American author, columnist, and public speaker Deesha Philyaw will read from her debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in fiction. This event will also be available virtually via […]

    Free

  • Readings by the Writer—Phuc Tran

    Mary Lyon Hall - Woolley Room Norton, MA, United States

    Writer, teacher, and tattoo artist, Phuc Tran, reads from his humorous and introspective memoir, "Sigh, Gone. A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In", about his family's escape from Vietnam, displacement in America, and his struggle to fit in during high school.  A brief Q&A will follow this lunchtime event.

    Free

  • Readings by the Writer—Kim Adrian

    Mary Lyon Hall - Woolley Room Norton, MA, United States

    Author Kim Adrian reads from her memoir, The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet, and discusses growing up with the confusion and chaos of mental illness and generational trauma.  A brief Q&A will follow this lunchtime event.

    Free

  • Readings by the Writer: Diana Khoi Nguyen

    Mary Lyon Hall - May Room Norton, MA

    Diana Khoi Nguyen is a first-generation Vietnamese-American poet whose book, Ghost Of , is an elegy for her brother, and she explores the difficulties felt by parents from this culture. A brief Q&A will follow this evening event.

    Free

  • Talk with author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka

    Watson Fine Arts - Weber Theatre Norton, MA, United States

    In connection with the exhibition Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories in the Beard + Weil Galleries, author/illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka will share his graphic novel, Hey, Kiddo, a profoundly important graphic memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction and finding the art that helps you survive.

    Free

  • Readings by the Writers: Stella Corso & Leah Nieboer

    Mary Lyon Hall - May Room Norton, MA

    Poets and co-hosts of the podcast The Ritter read from their work, discuss their podcast, their decision to enroll the podcast in a VC Accelerator, and how they’ve been translating their academic training into a marketable foundation for running their podcast.  A brief Q&A session will be included in this event. 

    Free

  • Author and Illustrator Mike Curato

    Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MA

    Join us for a presentation by Mike Curato, author of the graphic novel Flamer which received several honors including the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult, the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Young Adult, and was listed as one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020. Flamer also has the distinction of being one of the top 10 banned books of 2024, and Mike has become a fierce advocate of free speech.