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SUMMARY:The Daydreams & Pride and Protest Author Talk
LOCATION:Southeast Neighborhood Library\nSoutheast Neighborhood Library
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DESCRIPTION:Meet local authors Laura Hankin and Nikki Payne as they discus
 s their new books The Daydreams & Pride and Protest. Audience 
 Q&A and will follow the reading\, and books will be available for purchase
 ..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8709838
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Laura Hankin&nbsp\;is the author of&nbsp\;
 <a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/results?qu
 =&amp\;qu=TITLE%3Dthe+daydreams+&amp\;qu=AUTHOR%3Dhankin+&amp\;h=1" title=
 "The Daydreams by Laura Hankin"><em>The Daydreams</em></a>\,&nbsp\;<a href
 ="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/results?qu=&amp\;
 qu=TITLE%3Dhappy+%26+you+know+it+&amp\;qu=AUTHOR%3Dhankin+&amp\;h=1" title
 ="Happy &amp\; You Know It by Laura Hankin"><em>Happy &amp\; You Know It</
 em></a>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_U
 S/dcpl/search/results?qu=&amp\;qu=TITLE%3Da+special+place+for+women+&amp\;
 qu=AUTHOR%3Dhankin+&amp\;h=1" title="A Special Place for Women by Laura Ha
 nkin"><em>A Special Place for Women</em></a>. Her musical comedy has been 
 featured in publications like the <em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;and the <e
 m>Washington Post</em>\, and she is developing projects for film and TV. S
 he lives in Washington DC\, where she once fell off a treadmill twice in o
 ne day.</p>\n<p>By day\, Nikki Payne is a curious Dr. of Anthropology in B
 ig Tech. By night\, she dreams of ways to subvert canon literature. Inspir
 ed by Jane Austen\, her fresh romances turn expectations on their head and
  deliver sharp\, social commentary for the hopeless romantic. Featured in 
 <em>People</em> magazine\, Buzzfeed Books\,&nbsp\;Bustle&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;O
 prah Daily\, and&nbsp\;named one of the "Most Anticipated Romances of 2022
 " by BookBub\, her debut novel\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.
 org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/results?qu=&amp\;qu=TITLE%3Dpride+and+protest
 +&amp\;qu=AUTHOR%3Dpayne+&amp\;h=1" title="Pride and Protest by Nikki Payn
 e"><em>Pride and Protest</em></a>&nbsp\;was a 2022&nbsp\;Phenomenal Book C
 lub&nbsp\;pick and has been hailed "incandescent" by the&nbsp\;<em>Washing
 ton Post</em>.&nbsp\; Her next novel&nbsp\;<em>Sex\, Lies\, and Sensibilit
 y</em>&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;<em>Schitt's Creek</em>&nbsp\;meets&nbsp\;<em>Insecu
 re</em>&nbsp\;and is equal parts hot and heartwarming. Nikki Payne is a me
 mber of Smut U\, a premium feminist writing collective\, and is a cat lady
  with no cats.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8709838
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