Join us for reading and conversation with James Carroll
Tuesday Aug. 31st at 5pm, in the backyard (weather permitting)
Tickets $15 General Admission

Please bring a lawn chair or a blanket to sit on in the backyard.

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James Carroll is the author of twelve novels, including The Cloister, eight works of non-fiction, and most recently The Truth at the Heart of the Lie. For twenty-three years, he wrote an op-ed column for The Boston Globe, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other publications. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, he has received the National Book Award, the PEN Galbraith Award, The National Jewish Book Award, and the Scripps Howard Award. He is married to the writer Alexandra Marshall.

About the book:
"James Carroll’s The Truth at the Heart of the Lie is at once a passionate love letter to the enduring beauty of the Catholic faith and a passionate indictment of the clericalism of the Catholic Church. This moving and revelatory book, written from deep personal experience, takes us to the heart of one of the great institutional and existential crises of our times.” --Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World

PROGRAM UPDATE 8/19/21:
We have just heard from Congressman Jamie Raskin that he has been called away from his Outer Cape days to head back to Washington to close the deal on the infrastructure bill. The bad news is that means he will not be with us at our August 25 fundraising event.

We've still got plenty to talk about, and hope you'll want to stick with us!

Martha Minow will be with us, and we're still looking forward to talking with you about her new book, Saving the News and all of our dreams for a better future for America's free press. By the way, Sophie Hills reviews Martha Minow's new book in the August 19 issue of the Independent.

Martha Minow’s new book, Saving the News, examines how the decimation of local news has allowed disinformation to flourish. Yet, she has said, “the framers understood how central the press was and is to the maintenance of a constitutional democracy.” Minow has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981 and was its dean from 2009 to 2017.  She clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

This event will be held outside in the Hall’s back garden, weather permitting.
PLEASE BRING A LAWN CHAIR OR BLANKET FOR SEATING.

Tickets $45 BUY TICKETS HERE - limited quantities available

 Jamie Raskin is professor of constitutional law who has called for a renewal of people’s support for local journalism, saying “A free and vibrant press is essential to our democracy.” Raskin teaches at American University and represents Maryland’s 8th congressional district in the U.S. house of representatives. He was the lead impeachment manager in the second senate trial of Donald Trump.

Ed Miller, editor of the Provincetown Independent moderates a conversation between two of America’s leading constitutional scholars who have spoken out in support of local journalism. 

A Writing Garden
A Three-Day Creative Writing Workshop in the backyard, with author Indira Ganesan

Weds. 7/14 - Fri. 7/16
9am - Noon daily

$225/advance registration required
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Explore the possibilities in creating a writing practice. In this class, we will use prompts to create short writing exercises. By sharing raw work with each other, we will begin to work with these starts, weed and cultivate to create the beginnings of short stories or essays. We will let them grow, and discover the one we want to work with, to nurture to full growth. Writing, like gardening, takes practice, experimentation, and revision. Come into the writing garden and play!

About the instructor:

Indira Ganesan has written three critically acclaimed novels published by Alfred A. Knopf: The Journey , Inheritance, and As Sweet As Honey. Paperbacks and translations have appeared from other houses, including Vintage Books and Beacon Press. Fellowships include The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, the W.K.Rose Fellowship, The Fine Arts Work Center, and the Paden Institute for Writers of Color. A regional finalist for Granta’s first Best America and Novels Under Forty campaign, Indira’s work has been selected as a Barnes and Noble Notable Book, and been on noted fiction lists. In addition to writing fiction, she reviews books for The Key Reporter, teaches at Emerson College part-time, and is a global music program host on WOMR-FM Community Radio in Provincetown.

DUE TO THE WEATHER THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN OUR DOWNSTAIRS HALL
Join us for a conversation and reading with author Connie Biewald. Connie will read from her new novel, Truth Like Oil followed by a discussion and Q & A led by Ingleed Auguste, her friend and colleague.

This is event is free with pre-registration required.
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About the author:
Connie Biewald has been writing stories in an effort to explore human relationships since before she was five years old. She has been a teacher/school librarian for more than 40 years, sharing her love of reading and writing with homeschoolers and hundreds of students in public and private schools in the US and Haiti. She is the author of three loosely connected novels that comprise The Rivertown Trilogy: Bread and Salt, Digging to Indochina, and Roses Take Practice, in addition to the recently published Truth Like Oil.

She is the grateful recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council artist grant, a PEN New England Discovery Award and numerous residencies.

Please note: In the event of bad weather or other variables, shows will be moved inside. At this time masks are not required to enter the building, but recommended for those who have not been vaccinated. The Hall has been outfitted with a new UV air filtration system to provide additional comfort for all. We look forward to seeing you!

Inside the Pages presents :
Christina Clancy in conversation with Karen Dukess
Weds. June 30th at 6pm * Outside in our back garden *Inside if raining
Free admission with donations accepted
Advance registration required
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Christina Clancy, author of The Second Home, a novel set in Wellfleet, will discuss her 2020 debut and her forthcoming novel Shoulder Season with Karen Dukess, who's novel The Last Book Party is set in Truro. Their conversation will cover their love for the Outer Cape and the people and places that inspired their work. They'll also discuss the adaptation of The Second Home for television (the novel has been optioned by TriStar for a miniseries starring Nicolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones). This will be a casual, fun and interactive conversation.

About the authors:
Christina Clancy is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer with family ties to South Wellfleet dating back to the 1880s. Her debut, The Second Home, was released in June 2020, and her second novel, Shoulder Season, will be published July 6, 2021, St. Martin's Press. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and in The Sun Magazine and various literary journals. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and previously taught at Beloit College.

Karen Dukess has a work history as eclectic as her taste in books. She has been a tour guide in the former Soviet Union, a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia and, for nearly a decade, a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations Development Programme. She has blogged on raising boys for The Huffington Post and written book reviews for USA Today. She has a degree in Russian Studies from Brown University and a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. She lives with her family near New York City and spends as much time as possible in Truro on Cape Cod.

Please note that this event may be moved inside due to weather. At this time masks are not required to enter the building, but recommended for those who have not been vaccinated. Our building has been outfitted with a new UV air filtration system to provide additional comfort for all. We look forward to seeing you!