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SUMMARY:Reading Global\;
LOCATION:Tempe Public Library\nTempe Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us to read how memoirs and novels from different times an
 d places channel experience\, imagination and Orwell's legacy to inspire s
 olidarity against actual\, fictional and potential dictatorships.\n.\nhttp
 s://tempepubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/9028733
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>George Orwell's 1984 continues to influenc
 e writers and readers facing authoritarianism\, surveillance and the delib
 erate blurring of truth and lies.</p>\n<p>In 2019\, journalist George Pack
 er wrote in&nbsp\;The Atlantic&nbsp\;"&nbsp\;It&rsquo\;s almost impossible
  to talk about propaganda\, surveillance\, authoritarian politics\, or per
 versions of truth without dropping a reference to&nbsp\;1984.&nbsp\;"&nbsp
 \;George Orwell's novel\, first published in 1948\,&nbsp\;remains a powerf
 ul resource for writers and readers seeking to understand and challenge th
 e continued threat of totalitarianism to democratic culture. Read memoirs 
 and novels from different periods and cultures&mdash\;including China\, Ru
 ssia\, Iran\, Japan as well as Canada and the U.S.--we will explore how au
 thors channel experience and imagination to raise awareness and inspire so
 lidarity in the face of actual\, fictional and would-be dictators.</p>\n<p
 >12/17&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress&nbsp\;by Dai
  Sijie&nbsp\;<br />1/28&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The Handmaid's Tale&nbs
 p\;by Margaret Atwood&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp
 \; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;
 <br />2/25&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Waiting to Be Arrested&nbsp\;at Nigh
 t by Tahir Hamit Izgil&nbsp\;<br />3/24&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The Enl
 ightenment of the Greengage Tree&nbsp\;by Shofookeh Azar&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nb
 sp\;<br />4/28&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The Orphan Master's Son&nbsp\;by
  Adam Johnson&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>QUESTIONS?&nbsp\;480-350-5500</p>\n<p>FEE:&nb
 sp\;None</p>\n<p>REGISTRATION:&nbsp\;Required&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://tempepub
 liclibrary.libnet.info/event/9028733
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