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Author visit - Natalie Dykstra

Author Natalie Dykstra will be at the Woburn Public Library on Sunday April 22nd 2:00 p.m.to speak about her book “Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life”


Join us as Natalie Dykstra talks about Clover Adams, her life, her photography and her death.

At the center of her story is a haunting mystery. Why did Clover, having begun in the spring of 1883 to capture her world vividly through photography, end her life less than three years later by drinking a chemical developer she used in the darkroom?

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The program is free and refreshments will be served by the Friends of the Library.

Natalie Dykstra has received a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for her work on Clover Adams. She is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and associate professor of English at Hope College in Holland, MI. When not teaching, she lives with her husband in Waltham, MA.

The library is handicap accessible. Please call during the week before the program if you will need assistance. 781 933-0148

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