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Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee

reading Rebecca Solnit

2025-04-24 13:00:00 2025-04-24 14:00:00 America/New_York Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee Join participants from Alexandria and our Sister Library in Dundee, Scotland to discuss "One-Story House" from Rebecca Solnit's essay collection A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Registration required. Virtual - Virtual

Thursday, April 24
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-24 13:00:00 2025-04-24 14:00:00 America/New_York Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee Join participants from Alexandria and our Sister Library in Dundee, Scotland to discuss "One-Story House" from Rebecca Solnit's essay collection A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Registration required. Virtual - Virtual

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Virtual

Join participants from Alexandria and our Sister Library in Dundee, Scotland to discuss "One-Story House" from Rebecca Solnit's essay collection A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Registration required.

We will also be discussing a companion short story, "The Young Man with the Carnation," by Isak Dinesen, which is mentioned in another essay from A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Participants will be provided with .PDF copies of both selections upon registering.

Copies of A Field Guide to Getting Lost are available for checkout for Alexandria Library card holders.

"The Young Man with the Carnation," can be found in Winter's Tales, which is also available to checkout.

Learn more about Alexandria's Sister Cities and discover other upcoming Sister Cities events here.

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