Anne Frame wrote this reminder.
During a fireside chat, prestigious writer Alex Kotlowitz will talk with Mary Schmich, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist from the Chicago Tribune. The discussion will be broadcast on Zoom, on Thursday, May 6, 2021, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
This event is presented by Odell Public Library Friends. Registration is at this link: https://forms.gle/fUMy23BjQ6d4qHyX6.
The evening is limited to 25 people.
For 40 years, at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, Professor Alex Kotlowitz has been telling stories. They are from the heart of America, deeply intimate tales of struggle and perseverance. Kotlowitz is a former staff writer for Wall Street Journal, and his work has appeared in numerous publications. As a lecturer at Northwestern, he teaches courses on nonfiction storytelling.
Kotlowitz has written about Chicago, IL, for most of his life. His book, There Are No Children Here, chronicles the lives of two boys struggling to survive in the Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex. This outstanding book was named one of “the 150 most-important books of the 20th century,” by the New York Public Library.
In his newest book, An American Summer, Kotlowitz revisits the brutal, violent streets of Chicago. He digs into the lives of those touched by bloodshed, both victims and culprits. He spent the summer of 2013 researching how gun violence shapes a City. An American Summer is not a classic research narrative, but a tale of the human side of tragedy: the tug-of-war between families, communities, and schools on one side of the street and the other.
Please join this enlightening discussion between an impressive writer and a notable columnist, on Thursday, May 6, without leaving your living-room.