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SUMMARY:Main Event: Many Voices With Yiyun Li
LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library
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DESCRIPTION:The Main Event: Many Voices series returns with four captivati
 ng speakers sharing their stories and their most recent work. This month's
  speaker is award-winning writer Yiyun Li.\n.\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet
 .info/event/8911460
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="htt
 ps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/akronlibrary/Yiyun_Li_credi
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 "Photographer: Basso Cannarsa-Agence Opale " style="display: block\; margi
 n-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" />Image provided by: Basso Cannarsa-A
 gence Opale</p>\n<p><a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/se
 arch/C__Sli%2C%20yiyun__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp\;suite=def"><strong>Y
 iyun Li</strong></a></p>\n<p>For the Chinese-born American writer <a href=
 "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/59088/yiyun-li/">Yiyun Li</a>\
 , fiction can be a way to retrieve memory\, to escape circumstance\, or to
  reclaim one&rsquo\;s consciousness from the influence of others. Her book
 s\, which include five acclaimed novels\, two short story collections\, an
 d two books of nonfiction\, are richly observed\, and deeply felt.</p>\n<p
 >Her most recent novel\, "<a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/enc
 ore/record/C__Rb2157767__Sbook%20of%20goose__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X6?l
 ang=eng&amp\;suite=def">The Book of Goose</a>\," won the 2023 PEN/Faulkner
  Award for Fiction. It tells of two girls raised in the French countryside
  following WWII. In starred review\, BookPage wrote\, "Not since Elena Fer
 rante&rsquo\;s 'My Brilliant Friend' has a novel so deftly probed the magi
 cal and sometimes destructive friendships that can occur between two girls
  ... an elegant and disturbing novel about exploitation and acquiescence\,
  notoriety and obscurity\, and whether you choose your life or are chosen 
 by it." The New York Times Book Review noted\, "Li [is] one of our finest 
 living authors: Her elegant metaphysics never elide the blood and maggots.
 " "The Book of Goose" was named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles
  Times\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, Financial Times\, San Francisco C
 hronicle\, TIME\, Slate\, NPR\, Kirkus\, Buzzfeed\, and others.</p>\n<p>Li
 sten as Yiyun Li shares her story &mdash\; and her stories included in her
  most recent release\, "<a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encor
 e/record/C__Rb2194327__Sli%2C%20yiyun__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp\;s
 uite=def">Wednesday's Child</a>."</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.
 info/frontend-images/editor/akronlibrary/line.jpg" width="888" height="40"
  alt="" /></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/ed
 itor/akronlibrary/FOML-LOGO_FINAL.png" width="153" height="187" alt="" sty
 le="float: left\;" />If you wish to purchase a Main Event: Many Voices spe
 aker's recently released title during their event\, you will find The Frie
 nds of Main Library located in the Atrium before and after each event. Aut
 hor book signing will follow each event located in the hallway beside the 
 auditorium.</p>\n<p>Titles available for purchase courtesy of the Friends 
 of Main Library:</p>\n<p>September 25: "<a href="https://encore.akronlibra
 ry.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2187015__Sfirst%20ladies__P0%2C4__Orightresu
 lt__U__X6?lang=eng&amp\;suite=def">The First Ladies</a>" by Victoria Chris
 topher Murray and Marie Benedict</p>\n<p>October 23: "The Beginning Was th
 e End: Devo in Ohio\," new edition by David Giffels and Jade Dellinger</p>
 \n<p>November 6: "<a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/reco
 rd/C__Rb2194327__Sli%2C%20yiyun__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp\;suite=d
 ef">Wednesday's Child</a>" by Yiyun Li</p>\n<p>Registration is not require
 d. Seating is first come\, first served. Auditorium doors will open at 6 p
 m for early seating. If you have any questions\, please contact the Cultur
 e &amp\; AV Division by phone at 330.643.9015 or email <a href="mailto:cad
 iv@akronlibrary.org">cadiv@akronlibrary.org</a>.</p>\nhttps://akronlibrary
 .libnet.info/event/8911460
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