Former Presidential Candidate Gary Hart to Appear as Season Ends for Spoken Interludes on June 30, 2015

Gary Hart, former Colorado senator (1975-1987) and presidential candidate (1988 primary campaign), will read briefly from his new book “The Republic of Conscience, The Light in the Ruins” at the Spoken Interludes season-ending program in Hastings-on Hudson on June 30, 2015. His talk takes place the same day that his new 240-page book will be released in hard cover by Blue Rider Press.

Hart’s book examines and critiques America’s political system and policies.

He is also the author of a series of nonfiction books and novels — the novels include “Sins of the Fathers” and “I, Che Guevara” — both written by Hart under the pen name of John Blackthorn.

He was named Special Envoy for Northern Ireland by President Barack Obama in October, 2014.

Also participating in the June 30 program will be Anna Holmes, columnist for the New York Times Book Review and founder of the website Jezebel.com. Holmes will read from her new work, “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: 16 Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids.” She is also the author of “Hell Hath No Fury” and “The Book of Jezebel.”

The program will be hosted at the RiverView in Hastings-on-Hudson by DeLauné Michel, novelist, former actress and founder of Spoken Interludes.

The meeting’s agenda

(1) Indian buffet dinner prepared by Chef Navjot Arora of Chutney Masala, an Irvington, NY restaurant. Starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m.

(2) Comments and brief readings by authors with questions-and-answers. Starts at 7:30 p.m.

(3) Book signings by authors. From 8:30 to 9 p.m.

The books can be purchased at this event from on-site representatives of The Village Book Store of Pleasantville, NY, and paid for by cash, check or credit card.

The cost to attend is $25 if a reservation is made 48 hours or more in advance or $30 at the reception desk (provided the program is not sold out in advance).

Attendees wishing to make a reservation can send an inquiry to rsvp@spokeninterludes.com. Attendees without reservations paying by check at the reception desk should make the checks out to Chutney Masala.

The RiverView is located at 1 Warburton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, www.riverviewcaterers.com.

Parking is free and a large parking lot is located directly across the street from the hall entrance. Free street parking is also available.

Spoken Interludes, www.spokeninterludes.com