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SUMMARY:Beth Macy
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DESCRIPTION:Author Brian Alexander in conversation with BETH MACY\, about 
 her award-winning books that examine rural communities left behind by corp
 orate greed and political indifference..\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/eve
 nt/15523240
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2><strong>Authors at the Library</strong><b
 r /><strong>Brian Alexander In Conversation with BETH MACY</strong></h2>\n
 <h3><strong>Sunday\, May</strong><strong>&nbsp\;3 | 2 p.m.</strong><br /><
 strong>Reading Room | Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.</strong></h3>\n<p><s
 trong>1 p.m. |</strong> Library opens\, book sale by The Book Loft<br /><s
 trong>2 p.m. |</strong> Brian Alexander in conversation with BETH MACY<br 
 /><strong>2:45 p.m.|</strong> Audience Q&amp\;A<br /><strong>3:00 p.m. |</
 strong> Book sale and signing</p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></p
 >\n<p><strong>Beth Macy</strong><span>&nbsp\;has won more than two dozen n
 ational journalism awards\, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism a
 t Harvard University\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and&nbsp\;a Los Angeles T
 imes Book Prize for&nbsp\;</span><i>Dopesick</i><span>\, which was made in
 to a Peabody Award-winning series for Hulu. Three of her books have been&n
 bsp\;</span><i>New York Times</i><span>&nbsp\;bestsellers. She lives in Ro
 anoke\, Virginia. Read more about Beth <a href="https://intrepidpapergirl.
 com/">here</a>.</span></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></p>\n<p><em
 >Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America</em><span>
 \, is a combination memoir and reported analysis of the rural-urban divide
  told through the lenses of backward mobility\, political polarization\, a
 nd the decimation of local news.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><img src="https://s
 tatic.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_the_Library/B
 eth_Macy_author_photo_credit_Meredith_Roller.jpg" width="217" height="400"
  alt="" /><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/colu
 mbus/Authors_at_the_Library/9780593656730.jpg" width="263" height="400" al
 t="" /></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE MODERATOR</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Brian
  Alexander</strong>\,&nbsp\;the author of&nbsp\;<em>Glass House</em>&nbsp\
 ;and&nbsp\;<em>The Hospital\,</em>&nbsp\;is an Ohioana Book Award-winner a
 nd a contributing writer to&nbsp\;<em>The Atlantic</em>. He&rsquo\;s writt
 en for the&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>Los Angeles</em> Time
 s\, and<em>&nbsp\;Esquire</em>\, among others. He&rsquo\;s spoken at The O
 bama Foundation Summit\, and to members of the Senate and House of Represe
 ntatives in Washington\, D.C. He lives in San Diego. You can read more abo
 ut Brian <a href="https://brianralexander.com/">here</a>.</p>\n<p><img src
 ="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_th
 e_Library/BrianAlexander.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" /><img src="
 https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_the_
 Library/GlassHouse.png" width="267" height="400" alt="" /></p>\n<p><strong
 >EVENT DETAILS</strong></p>\n<p>The event is free to the public but due to
  limited seating registration is requested.</p>\n<p>Both authors' books wi
 ll be sold on site by&nbsp\;The Book Loft.</p>\n<p>Free parking available 
 in Main Library's attached garage\, while available.</p>\nhttps://columbus
 .libnet.info/event/15523240
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