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SUMMARY:Creative Conversations on Clarice Lispector
LOCATION:Chevy Chase Library\nChevy Chase Library
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DESCRIPTION:Author and academic Elizabeth Mikesch shares the work of Ukrai
 nian-born Brazilian author Clarice Lispector\, will read from Lispector's 
 work\, and lead participants in a creative writing activity..\nhttps://mcp
 l.libnet.info/event/15655499
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>"Clarice Lispector was born in 1920 to a J
 ewish family in western Ukraine. As a result of the anti-Semitic violence 
 they endured\, the family fled to Brazil in 1922\, and Clarice Lispector g
 rew up in Recife. Following the death of her mother when Clarice was nine\
 , she moved to Rio de Janeiro with her father and two sisters\, and she we
 nt on to study law. With her husband\, who worked for the foreign service\
 , she lived in Italy\, Switzerland\, England\, and the United States\, unt
 il they separated and she returned to Rio in 1959\; she died there in 1977
 . Since her death\, Clarice Lispector has earned universal recognition as 
 Brazil&rsquo\;s greatest modern writer." - New Directions books.</p>\n<p>"
 Elizabeth Mikesch is the author of&nbsp\;Niceties: Aural Ardor\, Pardon Me
 &nbsp\;(Calamari). Her writing has appeared in&nbsp\;BOMB\,&nbsp\;The Beli
 ever\,&nbsp\;Unsaid\,&nbsp\;Sleepingfish\, and Caketrain.&nbsp\;She wrote 
 a minivan opera for Clarice Lispector\,&nbsp\;How Can I Speak Except Timid
 ly Like This?&nbsp\;In 2017\, she was an artist-in-residence at Mass MoCA 
 for an interdisciplinary project connected to her manuscript\,&nbsp\;The B
 ottom.&nbsp\;She has taught creative writing and composition at Smith Coll
 ege\, UMass Amherst\, the Juniper Institute for Young Writers\, and Inside
 Out Literary Arts Project." - Smith College</p>\n<p>This book and library 
 program is appropriate for Teens\, Adults\, and Older Adults.</p>\n<p>Lear
 n more about the author&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://www.ndbooks.com/aut
 hor/clarice-lispector/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>\,
  and by visiting&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Sear
 ch?lookfor=clarice%20lispector" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>thi
 s link&nbsp\;to our MCPL catalog</strong></a></p>\n<p>Questions about this
  program?&nbsp\;Contact Chevy Chase Library at: 240-773-9590</p>\n<p>Looki
 ng for more fun things&nbsp\;to do at MCPL?&nbsp\;Check out the&nbsp\;<str
 ong><a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/" target="_blank" 
 rel="noopener">library's website</a></strong>&nbsp\;to see what you can do
  with a library card. Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp
 \; Find out how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/l
 ibrary/services/card.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get a Library Ca
 rd</a></strong>.</p>\n<p>Accommodation Requests</p>\n<p>People who are Dea
 f or Hard of Hearing should <a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Librar
 y/accessibility/interpreter.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>r
 equest&nbsp\;English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</
 strong></a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program 
 they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Pr
 ogram Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n
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