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Author Event:The One-Eyed Man

March 21, 2017, 5:30 PM6:30 PM

Free

Join us to hear Author Ron Currie, Jr. read from his fourth book, The One-Eyed Man.

Born and raised in Waterville, Maine, Ron Currie, Jr. is the author of the novels Everything Matters! and Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles and the short story collection God is Dead, which won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He currently lives in Portland, Maine.

Books will be available for purchase at the event from Children's Book Cellar.

This event is free. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, please call 872-5433, or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org. This event is sponsored by the Waterville Public Library and the Colby College Center for Arts and Humanities.

Location: Large Print Room, Fourth Floor, Waterville Public Library.

Nobody writing today walks the knife edge of cynicism and sentiment more bravely, intelligently and confidently than Ron Currie. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, The One-Eyed Man is a revelation, a wonder. —Richard Russo.

Details

Date:
March 21, 2017
Time:
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Cost:
Free

Venue

Waterville Public Library
73 Elm Street
Waterville, ME
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Phone
872-5433
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