The
Friends of the Library are hosting an Evening with James McGrath Morris on
August 7.
Where:
Thursday, August 10, 2017, from 5:30-7:30 PM at a private home in Santa Fe.
Details:
A Fundraiser Party, Ticket Required, Conversation with the author, wine &
beer, heavy hors d’oeuvres.
Cost:
$50 per person ($35 tax deductible), $75 includes a copy of The Ambulance
Drivers.
Tickets:
www.SantaFeLibraryFriends.org
All
proceeds benefit children’s reading programs at the Santa Fe Public Library.
James
McGrath Morris has just released his latest biography, The Ambulance Drivers:
Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War. The Ambulance
Drivers is a story of the turbulent friendship between two of the century’s
greatest writers, and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys,
unites and divides.
Morris
is a strong advocate for Santa Fe’s Public Library and has taught writing
workshops there for teens and for adults.
His other books include Eye on the
Struggle: Ethel Payne, The First Lady of the Black Press (2015), which was awarded the Benjamin Hooks National Book Prize; Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power (2010), called
one of the five best books on American moguls by the Wall Street Journal; The Rose Man
of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow
Journalism (2004); and, Jailhouse
Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars (2001).
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