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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Jared Lemus - Guatemalan Rhapsody: Stories
LOCATION:Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library\nMt. Pleasant Neighborhood Libr
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DESCRIPTION:Jared Lemus is a Guatemalan-American author and winner of the 
 2026 PEN America/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut short story collection 
 for his book\, “Guatemalan Rhapsody.” .\nhttps://dclibrary.lib
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for an engaging evening with autho
 r Jared Lemus.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Jared will be discussing his 2025 debut coll
 ection&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/search/card?id=ef4d74b
 c-cc12-531f-8b13-e30316f7e465&amp\;entityType=FormatGroup"><em>Guatemalan 
 Rhapsody: Stories</em></a>. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette praises &ldquo\;wh
 ether writing about resisting the insipid pull of American culture\, about
  displaced people running from organized crime\, or about the often deep c
 onnection its people have to the natural world\, Jared Lemus&rsquo\;s much
 -anticipated debut story collection\, Guatemalan Rhapsody\, shows readers 
 the lives of Guatemalans in ways seldom seen before&hellip\;poignant.&rdqu
 o\; Jared will also talk about his upcoming novel&nbsp\;<em>Magic in the L
 and of Eternal Spring </em>(2027) and&nbsp\;the process of writing and pub
 lishing these works.</p>\n<p>The event is free and all are welcome.&nbsp\;
 </p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong> Jared Lemus is a Guatemalan-Am
 erican author and winner of the 2026 PEN America/Robert W. Bingham Prize f
 or debut short story collection for his book\, &ldquo\;Guatemalan Rhapsody
 .&rdquo\; His stories have appeared in The Atlantic\, The Kenyon Review\, 
 Story\, and elsewhere\, and his debut novel\, &ldquo\;Magic in the Land of
  Eternal Spring\,&rdquo\; is forthcoming with Ecco-HarperCollins on April 
 20th\, 2027. He holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and is curr
 ently a visiting professor at the University of Memphis.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></
 p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17240198
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