Published by the American Writers Museum Volume 8, Number 1 January 27,
2017
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"The American Writers Museum project is a worthy one, something the nation needs and deserves."
- Shelby Coffey III -
Los Angeles Times
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American Writers Museum in the News
The American Writers Museum thanks those who feature us in their publications. This month, we are happy to share this recent coverage.
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American Writers Museum Construction Update
Construction underway at 180 N. Michigan Avenue
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The carpet is being installed and we are getting ready to install the exhibits next!
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Andrew Anway from Amaze Design giving a recent tour to the Board and discussing the exhibit installation project that will start soon.
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Exhibit Spotlight: Reader's Favorites
The Readers Favorites Kiosks are interactive systems that allow visitors to enter their favorite authors and compare their results against all past museum visitors and against national lists from around the country. Visitors will be able to generate lists of ideas for new authors and books to read and to send themselves the lists they create.
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American Writers Museum Affiliate Spotlight
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Located in Hartford, CT, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is dedicated to preserving the ideas set forth by Stowe to speak out against societal injustices. The Stowe Center preserves Stowe's Hartford home and historical collections. The Center continues to bring the issues of Stowe's time into the 21st century and connecting them to contemporary issues.
The Center is currently renovating the 1871 Stowe House interior for the first time since 1968 when the house was opened to the public. The interior will not be open to visitors until summer 2017, but the Center continues to provide visitors with tours of the 1873 Center and 1884 Katharine Seymour Day House. The Center is open year round and has continued its regular events, while integrating special occasions honoring Stowe, her message and the house.
On Jan. 10, 2017, the Center installed a time capsule in one of the home's kitchen walls. The capsule contains items relating to the 2016-17 $3.3 million renovation project. The contents include, 2016 Stowe Center publications and memorabilia, photos from 2016 Stowe Center Events, names of board members and project donors, and the front page of the
Hartford Courant
Jan. 10, 2017 issue. While holding such a special event, the Center continues its "Salons at Stowe" discussion series on current topics involving racial injustices in America today.
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To learn more about these American writers, please visit the website for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
. Be sure to find the
Affiliate
nearest you and check out their upcoming events.
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Become a Donor
The American Writers Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Federal Tax ID Number 27-1822749). All donations made to the Foundation are fully tax deductible.
We are currently still moving toward meeting our $500,000 Founder's Challenge and it's almost complete. All donations will still be matched one-to-one through the end of
February.
Your support will help us accomplish our goal of creating a national museum to celebrate the lives and works of our nation's preeminent. Please select an amount and use the
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If you donate $100 dollars or more, we will list you as a Chapter One Patron on the website.
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American Writers Museum
Announces 2 New Affiliates
The American Writers Museum is excited to announce that the John G. Neihardt State Historic Site and Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation have become our newest Affiliates.
The Neihardt State Historic Site, located in Bancroft, Nebraska, maintains a museum and library of works by and about Niehardt. Admission is free and group tours are available. Learn more and plan your visit here .
Located in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation maintains the Tor House, Hawk Tower, and the surrounding gardens. Guided tours are offered Friday and Saturday.
Learn more and plan your visit
here
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American Writers Museum Blog
This month AWM blogger, Nate King, shared his advice on how being a good writer requires you to read and reflects on the lessons he learned from author Ann Lamott's book, Bird by Bird.
Visit and subscribe to our blog here to see weekly posts from our talented bloggers.
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American Writers Museum Giveaway
Enter to Win a $25 Gift Card
What was Ernest Hemingway's first published novel?
Submit your answer
here for a chance to win.
A winner will be drawn randomly from the correct respondents to receive the $25 gift card.
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Upcoming Events with American Writers Museum Affiliates
A
WM has over 50
Affiliates
throughout the United States. Here are some of the exciting events they have coming up:
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