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March 20, 2023

The Torqued Man

A Conversation with Peter Mann

Join us for a conversation with Peter Mann, Writer-In-Residence at the Hemingway House and author of The Torqued Man: a brilliant debut novel,

at once teasing literary thriller and a darkly comic blend of history and invention set in war-time Berlin. Named one of the Best Books of 2022 by The New Yorker. Mann will be in conversation with the Library's executive director, Jenny Emery Davidson. A book signing will follow.

Thursday, March 23

6:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall

More/register here.

Tuesday, March 21

6:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall

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Population Changes and Quality of Place with Dr. Jaap Vos

What are the questions communities should consider as they experience significant changes? Dr. Vos, Professor of Planning and Natural Resources at the University of Idaho, shared his perspective along with data from Blaine County, Boise, and greater Idaho.

In partnership with the Wood River Land Trust.

Watch the Replay Here.

March 28: I Know Who You Are: DNA Sleuthing with Barbara Rae Venter

March 30: 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration with Eduardo Chavez

April 5: How to Change Your Mind Discussion Group begins

April 6: Later Language: Spanish with Sarita begins

April 13: Youth Emotional Health in Education Panel with The Space

April 17: How to Overcome Writer's Block Workshop with Writer-In-Residence Margaret Meehan

April 18: Together We Read Book Club: The Big Burn

April 20: Gold Mine Spring Opening

April 20: Navigating Longevity Panel with the Senior Connection

April 26: Día de los Ninos: A Celebration of Children & Books

April 27: Housing Lessons and Opportunities with Park City, Utah’s Housing Development Manager

May 3: 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's

May 18-20: "To Taste Life Twice" Seminar: Reading, Writing & Connecting over Words

• Story Time for Toddlers
• Let's Build! for Kids
• Crafternoon for Tweens and Teens
• Great Decisions Course
• Creative Writing Workshop
• Spanish Story Time
• Brown Bag Poetry
• Nature Journaling with Leslie Rego

See our full calendar of events here.

“Rushdie’s storytelling ability and use of the English language are extraordinary. He has crafted a fictional narrative around a historical text, and he has done so extremely well.”

Hello! My name is Sarah. I am fourteen years old and an avid reader; it is one of my favorite things to do. Inspired by authors’ creations of magnificent places and surprising havens built by simple letters, I aspire to be an author and, meanwhile, nurture the love to write. For my Book Beat review, I read The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida.

Society, to some extent, is structured around an idea of sameness—this idea that, while we are all unique in our own ways, we do have the same fundamental, “human” makeup.

But this book proves that such a homogenous society is not created for everything.

In The Reason I Jump, Naoki Higashida, a thirteen-year-old author with autism, writes about the world from his perspective on behalf of an entire community of misunderstood people...

Read Sarah's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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