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Summer Author Series at The Mount: August

Literature, Lectures, and Talks

  • August 5 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm  

    $27 – $42

    Discover the inspiring stories of world-changing trailblazers in our Summer Author Series! Award-winning authors of biography present exciting new research and ideas. Join us as we share the stories of ground-breaking visionaries—scientists, activists, thought leaders, and artists—who have broken barriers and reshaped the world.

    August speakers include:
    8/04 from 4-5 pm and 8/05 from 11-12 noon: Dava Sobel, The Elements of Marie Curie
    8/11 from 4-5 pm and 8/12 from 11-12 noon: Megan Marshall – After Lives: On Biograpy and the Mysteries of the Human Heart
    8/18 from 4-5pm and 8/19 from 11-12 noon: Amy Reading – The World She Edited: Katherine S. White at The New Yorker
    8/25 from 4-5 pm and 8/26 from 11-12 noon: Elyse Graham – Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

    Hear award winning authors of biography speak at The Mount

    Venue Details:

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home

    2 Plunkett Street
    Lenox, MA 01240 United States
    Phone:
    (413) 551-5111

    Host Details:

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home

    Phone:
    (413) 551-5111
    Email:
    info@edithwharton.org
    Host Website

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