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Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

Literature, Lectures, and Talks

  • August 4 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm  

    Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year’s Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination.
    08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff Chang, Water, Mirror, Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
    08/10 from 4-5 pm, 08/11 from 11-12 pm: Amanda Vaill, Pride & Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution
    08/17 from 4-5 pm, 08/18 from 11-12 pm: Nicholas Boggs, Baldwin: A Love Story
    08/24 from 4-5 pm, 08/25 from 11-12 pm: Peter S. Canellos, Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement

    The Mount and its glorious gardens

    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
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