| | | | | | | | Alicia Eler and Stephanie Glaros in conversation with Stephanie Curtis | Tuesday, February 27, 7pm | This dynamic trio will explore identity, authentic storytelling, and how to build a personal brand through the lens of digital media. Alicia Eler is the author of The Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture. Stephanie Glaros is a teaching artist, author, and speaker, best known for her blog and book, Humans of Minneapolis. Stephanie Curtis is the Senior Producer for MPR's The Thread and co-host of The Cube Critics, a weekly film review podcast. | | |
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| Alex Wagner, CBS News anchor and correspondent | | Tuesday, April 24, 7pm |
| In her narrative nonfiction debut Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging, Alex Wagner takes a journey into her own ancestry and discovers the ways in which race and immigration redefine the American experience. |
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| Tracy K. Smith, U.S. Poet Laureate & Pulitzer Prize Winner | | Wednesday, May 16, 7pm |
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| U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is the author of The Body's Question, Duende, and Life on Mars, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She has also written a memoir, Ordinary Light, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in nonfiction. Her latest collection of poems, Wade in the Water, deftly dissects the nature of citizenship in a time when the American past and present continuously collide. |
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Talk of the Stacks is free and open to the public and held at
Hennepin County Library - Minneapolis Central
(300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401) in Pohlad Hall.
Seating is first come, first served.
Doors open at 6:15pm, and programs begin at 7pm.
Book sales and signings follow presentations. | | Learn More at: supportHCLIB.org |
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