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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Denny S. Bryce
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DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Denny S. Bryce as she discusses her 
 newest novel\, "Where the False Gods Dwell\," inspired by choreographer Ka
 therine Dunham's dance expedition\, and the search for destiny turns into 
 a struggle for survival..\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/15615217
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Inspired by real-life legendary choreograp
 her Katherine Dunham's groundbreaking expedition into the heart of Caribbe
 an dance culture\, this uniquely captivating novel imagines the experience
 s of three very different women who accompany her\, hoping to find their d
 estinies--yet finding themselves forced to survive a historic event . . .<
 /p>\n<p>Chicago\, 1935. Othella is an orphaned con artist who needs to esc
 ape the city's brutal underworld . . . or else. Vivian Jean is a wealthy w
 ife\, student\, and anthropologist eager to prove herself professionally a
 nd personally. Zinzi is a Jamaican labor union activist determined to brin
 g change to her homeland's plantation system. Thanks to a series of fortun
 ate mishaps and coincidences\, all three join Dunham's voyage to the Maroo
 n village of Accompong in Jamaica's Cockpit Country--and perhaps discover 
 what they desperately want most.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"></p>
 \n<p style="text-align: center\;">Books will be available for sale and sig
 ning from&nbsp\;Read It Again Books.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: cen
 ter\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/gwinnet
 tpl/Read_It_Again_Logo.png" width="83" height="83" alt="" /></p>\n<p style
 ="text-align: center\;"><strong>Registration is requested.&nbsp\;</strong>
 </p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">* By registering\, you consent to si
 gning up for the monthly Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p
  style="text-align: left\;"><span style="color: #808080\;"><img src="https
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 eft\;"><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>Denny S. Bryce</strong> is a
 n award-winning and bestselling author of historical fiction\, including <
 em>Can't We Be Friends\, The Other Princess</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Wild Wome
 n and the Blues</em>. She is also an adjunct professor in the MFA program 
 at Drexel University\, a book critic for NPR\, and a member of the Histori
 cal Novel Society\, Women&rsquo\;s Fiction Writers Association\, and Tall 
 Poppy Writers. Currently\, she resides in Savannah\, Georgia.</span></p>\n
 <p style="text-align: left\;"><span style="color: #000000\;"><img src="htt
 ps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Anicka_Austin
 .png" width="65" height="81" alt="" /></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: l
 eft\;"><span style="color: #000000\;">Moderator <strong>Anicka Austin</str
 ong> is a choreographer and archivist based in Atlanta\, Georgia. She atte
 nded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Carolina Acade
 mic Library Associates fellowship\, graduating in May 2020 with a Master o
 f Science in Library Science. Her choreographic work has been presented by
  Elevate Atlanta\, The Lucky Penny (2015-2018)\, and Fulton County Arts an
 d Culture and exhibited at Gallery 72\, the Zuckerman Museum of Art&rsquo\
 ;s Fine Arts Gallery\, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. A
 s artist-researcher\, she presented written scholarship and choreography o
 n site-specific performance in Atlanta&rsquo\;s public spaces as Atlanta A
 rt on the Beltline Scholar-in-Residence (2021-2022) and is co-author of <e
 m>Composite Harmonies: Reclaiming Memory Artifacts through Community Creat
 ive Practice</em> (2025).</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><span 
 style="color: #808080\;">Presented by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</span></p>\nh
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