Susan Isaacs at FOL Meet the Author Series Wed. July 22

Story by Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library (FOL) is proud to announce that bestselling novelist and Port favorite Susan Isaacs returns to the library Wednesday July 22 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the popular FOL Meet the Author series.

Isaacs will read from and discuss her first novella and her first e-book original, A Hint of Strangeness, which was recently selected and published by Amazon as a Kindle Single. Isaacs is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, two screenplays and numerous essays and reviews.

The FOL Meet the Author Series, with assistance from Library program planning coordinator Jessica Ley, has featured such renowned authors as Colm Toibin, Roger Rosenblatt, Nelson DeMille, Gail Sheehy, Eric Fischl, George Vecsey, and Dr. Sandeep Jauhar. For more information on the Friends see www.pwpl.org/fol.

Upcoming FOL Meet the Author events this summer:

Friday, July 31, 12 p.m.: Erika Swyler. Swyler will read from and discuss her debut novel, the magical The Book of Speculation. The plot: Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling into Long Island Sound. His mother, a circus mermaid who made her living by holding her breath, drowned in the very water his house overlooks. His younger sister ran off to join the circus. Swyler’s short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. Born and raised on the North Shore, she recently moved back to her hometown, which inspired the setting of the book.

Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.: Maria Schulz. In Tales From A Hungry Life: A Memoir With Recipes Maria Schulz tells hilarious, sometimes poignant stories of a not-so-typical 1970’s American family who lived, loved and ate like there was notomorrow. Join her and several members of her exuberant family for a reading and discussion. Schulz is an author and blogger who lives in Old Bethpage.

Friday, August 21, 12 p.m.: Valerie Sperling. In Sex, Politics, and Putin, (Oxford University Press, 2014) Valerie Sperling investigates how gender stereotypes have been used as tools of political legitimization in contemporary Russia. Sperling is Professor of Political Science at Clark University, and the author of Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability